''Elateroides'' is a genus of rarely found
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
s in the family
Lymexylidae
The Lymexylidae (historically often spelled Lymexylonidae), also known as ship-timber beetles, are a family of wood-boring beetles. Lymexylidae belong to the suborder Polyphaga and are the sole member of the superfamily Lymexyloidea.
Habitat a ...
, containing the following species:
Lymexylidae Species List
at Joel Hallan’s Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 17 May 2012.
* '' Elateroides dermestoides'' (Linnaeus, 1761)
* '' Elateroides flabellicornis'' (Schneider, 1791)
* '' Elateroides lugubris'' (Say, 1835)
* '' Elateroides nigrocephalus''
* '' Elateroides reitteri''
* '' Elateroides stoeckleini''
References
Lymexylidae
Cucujoidea genera
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