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A spine on the prosternum can be snapped into a corresponding notch on the mesosternum, producing a violent "click" that can bounce the beetle into the air. [3] Clicking is mainly used to avoid predation, although it is also useful when the beetle is on its back and needs to right itself.
O. mucronatus, like other members of the genus Oxynopterus, are among the largest of the click beetles. [7] [8] The males have distinctive feather-like antennae, with long flat lamellae extending from the antenna segments. The females in contrast, have thin toothed antennae and are larger than the males.
Elius dilatatus, is a species of click beetle found in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Singapore. [1] ... Prosternal spine is flat with narrowe and rounded apex ...
Melanotus is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae. There are at least 30 described species in Melanotus. [1] [2] Species. Melanotus americanus (Herbst, 1806)
Melanotus punctolineatus, commonly known as the sandwich click beetle, [1] is a species of beetle from the family Elateridae and the genus Melanotus. Description
These beetles are among the brightest bioluminescent insects. [1] With a brightness of around 45 millilamberts, [2] they are said to be technically bright enough to read by. [3] They achieve their luminescence by means of two light organs at the posterior corners of the prothorax, and a broad area on the underside of the first abdominal segment.
Click Beetles. Tropical, subtropical, and temperate America. Two lights on the thorax; another on the ventral abdomen. 3. Pyrearinus candelarius. Argentina & Brazil. Green and yellow light. 4 ...
Agriotes sputator [1] is a species of click beetle, commonly known as the common click beetle. [2] The adult beetle is brown and inconspicuous, and the larvae live in the soil and are known as wireworms. They are agricultural pests that devour the roots and underground parts of many crops and other plants.