Adelocera Explained

Adelocera is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Elateridae.^[1]

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.^[1] The species of this genus are found in Europe and North America.^[1]

Species:

• Adelocera ami Kishii, 1996^[1]
• Adelocera baghensis, found in Pakistan^[2]
• Adelocera oblongus (originally Brachylacon beardsleyi, Ôhira & Becker, 1978) (Fleutiaux), found in Hawaii ^[3]
• Adelocera nitidus (Candèze 1857) ^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Adelocera Latreille, 1829. www.gbif.org. 21 February 2021.
2. Akhter . Muhammad Atique . Kabalak . Mahmut . Rizvi . Syed Anser . Ahmed . Zubair . Contributions to Agrypninae (Coleoptera: Elateridae) fauna of Pakistan with four new species and three new records . Turkish Journal of Entomology . 1 April 2014 . 38 . 2 . 10.16970/ted.77822.
3. Johnson . P. J. . Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. Additions and notes to the Elateridae (Coleoptera) of the Hawaiian Islands . 88 . 2006-01-01 . 2024-04-23.