''Megathous'' is a genus 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 ...

. It was originally established by

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as a subgenus of the genus '' Harminius'' . There are more than 10 described species in ''Megathous'', found in the

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Species

These species belong to the genus ''Megathous'': * '' Megathous algirinus'' ( Candèze, 1860) * '' Megathous altaicus'' (Schwarz, 1900) * '' Megathous barrosi'' (Méquignon, 1932) * '' Megathous escalerai'' (Cobos, 1958) * '' Megathous ficcuzzensis'' (Buysson, 1912) * '' Megathous fiorii'' Platia & Marini, 1990 * '' Megathous hispanicus'' Platia & Gudenzi, 2005 * '' Megathous lizlerwerneri'' Mertlik, 2005 * '' Megathous menetriesi'' (Reitter, 1890) * '' Megathous peyerimhoffi'' Buysson, 1917 * '' Megathous pici'' (Buysson, 1898) * '' Megathous rifensis'' (Cobos, 1969) * ' (

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, 1852) * '' Megathous suturalis'' (Candèze, 1873) * '' Megathous valtopinensis'' Platia & Gudenzi, 2005

Excluded species

The following 3 species were transferred to the genus ''

Hemicrepidius ''Hemicrepidius'' is a genus of click beetle belonging to the family Elateridae. Species * ''Hemicrepidius acuminatus'' Champion, 1896 * ''Hemicrepidius amitinus'' Champion, 1896 * ''Hemicrepidius amoenus'' Philippi, 1861 * ''Hemicrepidius ater ...

'' by in 2020. * ' (syn. '' Megathous dauricus'' (Mannerheim, 1852)) * ' (syn. '' Megathous jacobsoni'' (Reitter, 1905)) * '' Hemicrepidius nigerrimus'' (syn. '' Megathous nigerrimus'' (Desbrochers des Loges, 1869))

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q2599386 Elateridae Elateridae genera