New state records for 11 species of false click beetles (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae) in the Nearctic Region

Coleoptera
Eucnemidae
Keywords: Elateroidea, distribution, United States, surveys, biodiversity, taxonomy

Abstract

New state records are reported for 11 species of false click beetles (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae) across much of the eastern United States, mostly from the northeast and southern regions, including several state records for Illinois.

References

  • Muona J, Otto RL. 2024. Review of North American Eucnemis Ahrens, 1812 (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae: Eucneminae: Eucnemini) with description of a new species from eastern United States and Canada. Insecta Mundi 1056: 1–10.  
  • Otto RL. 2022. New state records for 33 species of Nearctic false click beetles (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae). Insecta Mundi 0934: 1–13.  
  • Otto RL. 2024a. Additional new records for 35 species of false click beetles (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae) in the Nearctic region. Insecta Mundi 1037: 1–16.  
  • Otto RL. 2024b. Three additions to the false click beetle (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae) fauna in the Nearctic region. Insecta Mundi 1047: 1–14.  
  • Otto RL. 2024c. New records for 23 species of Nearctic false click beetles including new country records for Protofarsus convexus (Fisher) (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae: Dirhagini). Insecta Mundi 1095: 1–11.  
  • Otto RL, Karns KD. 2017. New state records for Nearctic false click beetles (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae). Insecta Mundi 0582: 1–21.  

Publication

1151

Published

2025-10-24

How to cite

Otto RL. 2025. New state records for 11 species of false click beetles (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae) in the Nearctic Region. Insecta Mundi 1151: 1–4. https://doi.org/10.64338/im.1151.oaul1