''Anostirus'' is a genus of 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 ...

. First record of ''Anostirus gracilicollis'' was made in Hungary by Stierlin in 1896. The genus was described in 1859 by

Carl Gustaf Thomson Carl Gustaf Thomson (13 October 1824, in Malmöhus – 20 September 1899, in Lund) was a Swedish entomologist. Thomson became a student at the University of Lund Lund University () is a public research university in Sweden and one of North ...

. The genus has

cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...

. Species: * '' Anostirus alexandri'' * '' Anostirus ataturki'' * '' Anostirus atropilosus'' * '' Anostirus binaghii'' * '' Anostirus boeberi'' * '' Anostirus castaneus'' * '' Anostirus cerrutii'' * '' Anostirus daimio'' * '' Anostirus dalmatinus'' * '' Anostirus edecorus'' * '' Anostirus eschscholtzii'' * '' Anostirus gabilloti'' * '' Anostirus ghilarovi'' * '' Anostirus gracilicollis'' * '' Anostirus gudenzii'' * '' Anostirus haemapterus'' * '' Anostirus hirculus'' * '' Anostirus holtzi'' * '' Anostirus incostatus'' * '' Anostirus jarmilae'' * '' Anostirus lauianus'' * '' Anostirus lederi'' * '' Anostirus marginatus'' * '' Anostirus melas'' * '' Anostirus nubilosus'' * '' Anostirus parumcostatus'' * '' Anostirus plagifer'' * '' Anostirus pseudosulphuripennis'' * '' Anostirus pulchellus'' * '' Anostirus pullatus'' * '' Anostirus purpureus'' * '' Anostirus reissi'' * '' Anostirus richterae'' * '' Anostirus saltinii'' * '' Anostirus semiaurantiacus'' * '' Anostirus stramineipennis'' * '' Anostirus sulphuripennis'' * '' Anostirus suvorovi'' * '' Anostirus teheranus'' * '' Anostirus trivialis'' * '' Anostirus turcicus'' * '' Anostirus turkestanicus'' * '' Anostirus venustus'' * '' Anostirus zenii''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q1944315 Elateridae genera Dendrometrinae Taxa named by Carl Gustaf Thomson