Csikia species from Guangxi. Holotypes, males: A) C. telnovi, dorsal view, B) C. telnovi, labels, C) C. shihongliangi, new species, dorsal view, D) C. zhoushanyii, new species, dorsal view. Aedeagi of holotypes, ventral view: E) C. telnovi, F) C. shihongliangi, new species, G) C. zhoushanyii, new species. Living specimens: H) C. shihongliangi, new species, I) C. zhoushanyii, new species. Photograph credits: Andreas Kopetz (NKME) (A, B), Lu Qiu (H, I). Scale bars = 2.0 mm (A, C, D), 1 mm (E–G).

#LiteratureNotice Qiu et al. Taxonomic Review of the Tribe Dimini (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from Guangxi, China, with Descriptions of 12 New Species doi.org/10.1649/0010... #Beetle #Beetles #clickbeetles #newbeetles

(a–f) Clicking, fully sclerotised Elateridae: (a) Drapetes elateroides (Host) (b) Selatosomus cruciatus (L.), (c) Dilobitarsus pendleburyi Fleutiaux, (d) Ampedus sanguinolentus (Schrank), (e) Hemiops sp., (f) Hapatesus tropicus Neboiss; Non-clicking elaterids with decreased sclerotisation: (g, h) Plastocerus angulosus (Germar), (i, j) Cebrio ingelmimen Rattu & Francois, (k) Malacogaster hajeki Kundrata & Bocak, male; (l) Drilus flavescens Olivier, female, (m) The pro-mesothoracic clicking mechanism of Hemiops sp., (n, o) prothorax ventrally, Penia turnai Schimmel and Denticollis linearis (Linnaeus), (p) Pro- and mesothorax ventrally, Paulusiella sp. Soft-bodied elateroids: (q) Lygistopterus alluaudi (Fleutiaux), male, Lycidae, (r) Dexoris chome Bocak et al., male, Lycidae, male antenna at left, (s) Iberobaenia lencinai Bocak et al., male; Iberobaeniidae. Scales a–l, q–s 1 mm, m–o 0.5 mm.

#LiteratureNotice Motyka et al. Phylogenomics-based click-beetle classification tackles multiple origins of phenotypic modifications doi.org/10.1111/syen... #Beetle #Beetles #clickbeetles #Elateridae

Extant larva of Elateridae, Denticollis linearis (formerly Campylus linearis), ZMH 62853. A–C Overviews. A Dorsal view. B Ventral view. C Lateral view. D–G Close-ups on head. D Dorsal view. E Colour-marked version of D. F Ventral view. G Colour-marked version of F. at antenna, hc head capsule, li labium, md mandible

#LiteratureNotice Linhart et al. New predatory beetle larvae from about 100 million years ago and possible niche differentiation effects in the Kachin amber forest doi.org/10.1186/s133... #Beetle #Beetles #Elateridae #ClickBeetles #Fossils

#LiteratureNotice Jin et al. A Revision of the Endemic Australian Genus Rousia Calder ( #Coleoptera: #Elateridae) with Description of a #NewSpecies doi.org/10.3161/0003... #Beetle #Beetles #ClickBeetles

#LiteratureNotice Bocak et al. Validation of earlier proposed taxa Tibionemini new tribe and Hiekeolycus winkleri #NewSpecies doi.org/10.11646/zoo... #Beetle #Beetles #ClickBeetles #Taxonomy

Dorsal habitus of Neodima mianyangensis, new species. A) Male, holotype, B) Female, paratype. Scale bar: 5.0 mm.

#LiteratureNotice Qiu. Neodima mianyangensis Qiu ( #Coleoptera: #Elateridae: Dimini), a New Flightless Click-Beetle from Sichuan, China doi.org/10.1649/0010... #TheColeopteristsBulletin #Beetle #Beetles #NewSpecies #ClickBeetles

FIGURE 4. Living individual, habitat photographs, and distribution map for Rismethus jiangi sp. nov.: A. A living R. jiangi sp. nov.; B. Mr. Ding-Lei Jiang collecting the new species; C. Distribution map of R. jiangi sp. nov. (red dots represent the distribution of the species, and red dot with a small black dot indicate the type locality). A photographed by Lu Qiu, B provided by D.-L. Jiang.

#LiteratureNotice Qi. Description of a new flightless species of Rismethus Fleutiaux from China ( #Coleoptera: #Elateridae: Agrypninae) doi.org/10.11646/zoo... #Beetle #Beetles #NewSpecies #ClickBeetles

#LiteratureNotice Kim et al. First report of an intersex individual of the click beetle Pectocera fortunei ( #Elateridae) and additional cases of gynandromorphism in Coleoptera ( #Lucanidae, #Scarabaeidae) doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.... #Beetle #Beetles #ClickBeetles

Habitus of click beetle larvae from Burmese amber. (A–B) Larval specimen NM-T3536; dorsal and ventral view, respectively. (C–D) Larval specimen NM-T3537; dorsal and ventral view, respectively. Scale bars: 2 mm.

#LiteratureNotice Kundrata et al. Click beetle larvae from Cretaceous Burmese amber represent an ancient Gondwanan lineage doi.org/10.1038/s415... #Beetle #Beetles #Fossisl #ClickBeetles

Pyrophorus sp.
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Pyrophorus sp.
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#LiteratureNotice Martínez-Luque & Zurita-García. #ClickBeetles (#Coleoptera: #Elateridae) from Michoacan, Mexico; annotated list of species and #NewRecords. biotaxa.org/RSEA/article.... #Beetle #Beetles #CheckList

#LiteratureNotice Arimoto. Taxonomic revision of the genus Penia Laporte (#Coleoptera, #Elateridae, Dendrometrinae) from Taiwan. doi.org/10.11646/zoo... #Beetle #Beetles #ClickBeetles #NewSpecies

1-3.Antitypus insignitus (Fairmaire and Germain, 1860). 1. Specimen in situ.2. Habitat, Rocín river. 3.Distribution in north-central Chile. The black circles indicate localities where their presence has been recorded. The black circle with a question mark indicates a doubtful record.

#LiteratureNotice Pineda & Elórtegui. New collection records of Antitypus insignitus (Fairmaire and Germain, 1860)(#Coleoptera: #Elateridae) in north-central Chile doi.org/10.35249/rch... #Beetle #Beetles #ClickBeetles #NewRecords

Figs. 1–10. Scaptolenus acrognathus (male). 1) Dorsal habitus; 2) Ventral habitus; 3) Lateral habitus; 4) Hind wing; 5) Sternite VIII. Aedeagus: 6) Ventral view; 7) Dorsal view. 8) Sternite IX; 9) Tergite IX and X; 10) Tergite VIII.

#LiteratureNotice Martínez-Luque & Johnson. Description of the Female and Redescription of the Male of Scaptolenus acrognathus Champion (#Coleoptera: #Elateridae) doi.org/10.1649/0010...
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