Elonus Explained

Elonus is a genus of ant-like leaf beetles in the family Aderidae. There are about seven described species in Elonus in North America.

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Elonus:

• Elonus basalis (LeConte, 1855)
• Elonus chisosensis Werner, 1993
• Elonus excavatus Werner, 1993
• Elonus gruberi Gompel, 2017
• Elonus hesperus Werner, 1990
• Elonus nebulosus (LeConte, 1875)
• Elonus simplex Werner, 1993

Further reading

• The Nearctic species of Elonus (Coleoptera: Aderidae). 1993. Werner . Floyd G.. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 99. 4. 245–264. 10.1155/1992/97483. free.
• A review of North American Elonus species, with description of E. gruberi n. sp. (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Aderidae). 2017. Gompel . Nicolas. Zootaxa. 4338. 3. 533–545. 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.3.8. 29245717. free.
• Book: Tenebrionoidea: Tetratomidae, Melandryidae, Ripiphoridae, Prostomidae, Oedemeridae, Mycteridae, Pythidae, Aderidae, Scraptiidae, Critical checklist, distribution in Poland and meta-analysis. 2014. Kubisz . Daniel. Iwan . Dariusz. Tykarski . Piotr. University of Warsaw - Faculty of Biology & Natura optima dux Foundation. 978-83-935107-9-5.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. 2013. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-26090-0.