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Elaterinae in languages:

Japanese

コメツキ亜科

Korean

방아벌레아과

Thai

วงศ์ย่อย ด้วงดีดสามัญ

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Parent Taxon

• N/A

Sibling Taxa

• Agrypninae
• Campyloxeninae
• Cardiophorinae
• Cebrioninae
• Dendrometrinae
• Elaterinae
• Eudicronychinae
• Hapatesinae
• Hemiopinae
• Lissominae
• Morostomatinae
• Negastriinae
• Oxynopterinae
• Parablacinae
• Physodactylinae
• Pityobiinae
• Semiotinae
• Thylacosterninae

Child Taxa

• Acroniopus
• Adrastini
• Agriotini
• Ampedini
• Anilicus
• Augenotus
• Dicteniophorus
• Drymelater
• Elaterini
• Glyphochilus
• Lingana
• Megapenthini
• Melanotini
• Physorhinini
• Pomachiliini
• Rangsia
• Synaptini

Top Observation Places

• Cheonan
• Meidling
• Medford
• Fort Worth
• Austin