Alaus Eschscholtz, 1829

Etzler, Frank E. & Seibert, Catherine E., 2022, Checklist of the Elateridae (Coleoptera) of Montana, USA, with Taxonomic Notes, The Coleopterists Bulletin 76 (3), pp. 449-477 : 468

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1649/0010-065X-76.3.449

publication LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:93E0AAC7-7EA8-48BA-8294-A6EBB86D6641

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/417787CF-8000-BC0F-FF44-FBC40C22FA91

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scientific name

Alaus Eschscholtz, 1829
status

 

Alaus Eschscholtz, 1829 View in CoL View at ENA .

Although this checklist documents a slight westward extension of the known range of Alaus oculatus (Linnaeus) , the specimens collected in Montana are difficult to determine using the most recent species key due to the white ring around the eyespot merging with the lateral line (see couplet 7, Casari 2003), and is similar to Alaus lusciosus (Hope) from the southwestern US. However, male genitalia match Casari’s (1996) concept of A. oculatus .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Elateridae

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