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Selasia Atriventris
''Selasia'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Elateridae, having historically been placed in the family "Drilidae", which was recently subsumed by Elateridae. List of species * ''Selasia apicalis'' Pic, 1914 * ''Selasia arabica'' Geisthardt, 2003 * ''Selasia atriventris'' Pic, 1914 * ''Selasia boruckae'' Kundrata, 2012 * ''Selasia dembickyi'' Kundrata & Sormova, 2018 * ''Selasia homhilia'' Geisthardt, 2003 * ''Selasia isabellae'' Bourgeois, 1909 * ''Selasia ivanae'' Packova & Kundrata, 2021 * ''Selasia jenisi'' Kundrata & Sormova, 2018 * ''Selasia merkli'' Kundrata, 2012 * ''Selasia nigrobrunnea'' Kundrata, 2017 * ''Selasia pallida'' Péringuey * ''Selasia sabatinellii'' Kundrata, 2017 * ''Selasia socotrana'' Kundrata, 2012 * ''Selasia unicolor'' (Guérin-Méneville) References Elateridae {{Elateridae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elateridae
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, spring beetles or skipjacks. This family was defined by William Elford Leach (1790–1836) in 1815. They are a cosmopolitan beetle family characterized by the unusual click mechanism they possess. There are a few other families of Elateroidea in which a few members have the same mechanism, but most elaterid subfamilies can click. A spine on the prosternum can be snapped into a corresponding notch on the mesosternum, producing a violent "click" that can bounce the beetle into the air. The evolutionary purpose of this click is debated: hypotheses include that the clicking noise deters predators or is used for communication, or that the click may allow the beetle to "pop" out of the subtrate in which it is pupating. It is unlikely that the cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
