Plastocerus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Superfamily:
Elateroidea
Family:
Elateridae
Subfamily:
Plastocerinae
Genus:
Plastocerus

Schaum, 1852
Synonyms
  • Ceroplastus Heyden, 1883
  • Pseudophyllocerus Reitter, 1896
  • Cladocerus Schwarz, 1902
  • Binhon Pic, 1922

Plastocerus is a genus of click beetles, the sole member of the subfamily Plastocerinae; while it has historically often been ranked as a family,[1] the genus is now placed firmly within the family Elateridae.[2][3][4]

Species

  • Plastocerus angulosus (Germar, 1844)
  • Plastocerus thoracicus Fleutiaux, 1918

References

  1. ↑ Plastoceridae Species List at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 15 Jul 2011.
  2. ↑ Bocak L, Motyka M, Bocek M, Bocakova M (2018) Incomplete sclerotization and phylogeny: The phylogenetic classification of Plastocerus (Coleoptera: Elateroidea). PLoS ONE 13(3): e0194026. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0194026.
  3. ↑ Kusy D, Motyka M, Bocek M, Vogler AP & Bocak L (2018) Genome sequences identify three families of Coleoptera as morphologically derived click beetles (Elateridae). Scientific Reports, 8: 17084, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-35328-0
  4. ↑ Hájek Jiří, Ivie Michael A., Lawrence John F. (2020) Binhon atrum Pic – a junior synonym of Plastocerus thoracicus, with nomenclatural notes on Plastocerus (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Plastocerinae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 60(2): 391-396.


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