''Plastocerus'' is a genus of
click beetle
Elateridae or click beetles (or "typical click beetles" to distinguish them from the related families Cerophytidae and Eucnemidae, which are also capable of clicking) are a family of beetles. Other names include elaters, snapping beetles, s ...
s, the sole member of the subfamily Plastocerinae; while it has historically often been ranked as a family, the genus is now placed firmly within the family Elateridae.
[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.]
Species
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Plastocerus angulosus''
(Germar, 1844)
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Plastocerus thoracicus''
Fleutiaux, 1918
References
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Elateridae