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Hypsiophthalmus
Hypsiophthalmus is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae. They are one of several genera in the tribe Pyrophorini. This genus was established by French zoologist Pierre André Latreille in 1834 posthumously and then reviewed by Cleide Costa in 1975 (with 5 species split from Pyrophorus) and in 1979 (with description of 3 new species and 2 recombinations from Pyrophorus).
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Hypsiophthalmus raninus
speciesHypsiophthalmus raninus
Hypsiophthalmus ardens
speciesHypsiophthalmus ardens
Hypsiophthalmus longipennis
speciesHypsiophthalmus longipennis
Hypsiophthalmus buphthalmus
speciesHypsiophthalmus buphthalmus
Hypsiophthalmus boops
speciesHypsiophthalmus boops
Hypsiophthalmus grossicollis
speciesHypsiophthalmus grossicollis
Hypsiophthalmus charops
speciesHypsiophthalmus charops
Hypsiophthalmus punctatum
speciesHypsiophthalmus punctatum
Hypsiophthalmus luscius
speciesHypsiophthalmus luscius
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1179096.