Agriotes
Genus of beetles
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Agriotes is a genus of beetles in the family Elateridae which includes numerous species, many of which are found in the Americas, Asia and much of Europe.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
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| Agriotes gallicus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Family: | Elateridae |
| Subfamily: | Elaterinae |
| Tribe: | Agriotini |
| Subtribe: | Agriotina |
| Genus: | Agriotes Eschscholtz, 1829[1][2] |
| Type species | |
| Agriotes sputator | |
| Subgenera | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Subgenus Agriotes
Subgenus Tinecus
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Species
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility list 274 species,[5] which include a number of agricultural pests and common species such as:
- Agriotes brevis Candèze, 1863
- Agriotes lineatus (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Agriotes litigiosus (Rossi, 1792)
- Agriotes mancus (Say, 1823)
- Agriotes obscurus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Agriotes pallidulus (Illiger, 1807)
- Agriotes proximus Schwarz, 1891
- Agriotes rufipalpis (Brulle, 1832)
- Agriotes sordidus (Illiger, 1807)
- Agriotes sputator (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Agriotes ustulatus (Schaller 1783)
