Ampedini is a tribe of click beetles in the family
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, sp ...
. There are about 7 genera and at least 80 described species in Ampedini.
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Genera
These seven genera belong to the tribe Ampedini:
* ''Ampedus
''Ampedus'' is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae. There are currently 461 recognized species of ''Ampedus'' beetles. It has a cosmopolitan distribution, but is found mostly in the Holarctic realm, Holarctic region, primarily in No ...
'' Dejean, 1833 g b
* '' Anchastus'' LeConte, 1853 i c g b
* '' Blauta'' Leconte, 1854 b
* '' Dicrepidius'' Eschscholtz in Thon, 1829 g b
* '' Dipropus'' Germar, 1839 g b
* '' Melanotus'' Erichson, 1829 i c g b
* '' Physorhinus'' Germar, 1840 g b
Data sources: i = ITIS,[ c = Catalogue of Life,][ g = GBIF,][ b = Bugguide.net]
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Elateridae
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