Balgus
| Balgus | |
|---|---|
| Balgus tuberculosus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Family: | Elateridae |
| Subfamily: | Thylacosterninae |
| Genus: | Fleutiaux, 1920 |
| Species | |
Balgus is a genus of Central American click beetle (family Elateridae). They are one of several genera in the family which contain at least one bioluminescent species.[1] The genus was originally placed in the family Eucnemidae, later transferred to Throscidae, but recent classifications establish them firmly within Elateridae.[2]
Species
- Balgus albofasciatus (Bonvouloir, 1875)
- Balgus egaensis (Bonvouloir, 1875) [= "eganensis"]
- Balgus eschscholtzi (Laporte, 1835)
- Balgus humilis (Bonvouloir, 1875)
- Balgus obconicus (Bonvouloir, 1875)
- Balgus rugosus (Blanchard, 1843)
- Balgus schnusei (Heller, 1914)
- Balgus subfasciatus (Bonvouloir, 1875)
- Balgus tuberculosus (Dalman, 1823) - type species (as Melasis tuberculosa Dalman)
References
- ^ Costa, C. (1984) Note on the bioluminescence of Balgus schnusei (Heller, 1914) (Trixagidae, Coleoptera). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 28: 397–398.
- ^ Barbosa, F.F. (2016) Revision and phylogeny of the genus Balgus Fleutiaux, 1920 (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Thylacosterninae). Zootaxa 4083(4): 451–482. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4083.4.1
External links
- Images at iNaturalist
- Media related to Balgus at Wikimedia Commons