Elonus excavatus explained

Elonus excavatus is a species of ant-like leaf beetle in the family Aderidae. It is found in North America.

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: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. 2013. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-26090-0.