family Elateridae


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Related to family Elateridae: click beetle, snapping beetle
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Noun1.family Elateridae - click beetles and certain firefliesfamily Elateridae - click beetles and certain fireflies
Elateridae
arthropod family - any of the arthropods
Coleoptera, order Coleoptera - beetles
elater, elaterid, elaterid beetle - any of various widely distributed beetles
genus Pyrophorus, Pyrophorus - tropical click beetles
wireworm - wormlike larva of various elaterid beetles; feeds on roots of many crop plants
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The click beetle family Elateridae (Coleoptera) remains inadequately studied in Peru, with few modern taxonomic or faunal studies, but the paucity of attention is changing.
Especies nuevas de Elateridae (Coleoptera) de Madre de Dios, Peru, con nuevos cambios taxonomicos y registros de distribucion
shermani stomach contents, Carabidae and Curculionidae were the most frequently observed families and were followed by individuals from the family Elateridae (click beetles; Lewis et al., 2014).
The diet of the cumberland plateau salamander (Plethodon kentucki) in an old growth forest of Southeastern Kentucky
Wheat Wireworm--Agriotes mancus, family Elateridae; a beetle whose larva infests wheat, generally feeding on roots of mature plants.
Part 4 Plant science

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