Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Subclass Pterygota > Order Coleoptera > Suborder Polyphaga > Infraorder Elateriformia > Superfamily Elateroidea > Family Elateridae > Genus Prosternon

Prosternon tessellatum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Elater Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

ProsternonLatreille, 1834accepted genus name
Lepidotus Curtus, 1838 generic synonym
Propheletes Fiori, 1905 generic synonym
Tactocomus Kiesenwetter, 1858 generic synonym

Species group names

Elater tessellatum Linnaeus, 1758 objective synonym
Diacanthus nubilipennis Germar, 1843 subjective synonym
Elater holosericeus Olivier, 1790 subjective synonym
Elater rufipes De Geer, 1774 subjective synonym
Limonius grandii Fiori, 1905 subjective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Danish: Silkeglinsende jordsmælder sources: danish PESI focal point
 English-United States: Chequered Click Beetle

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External Links

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Citation

Dr Peter C. Cate. Prosternon tessellatum (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=236263

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment

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Importance

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Last modified

2004-06-21 by Dr Miguel A. Alonso-Zarazaga & by Dr Peter C. Cate

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