Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Allotriocarida > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Infraclass Pterygota > Order Coleoptera > Suborder Polyphaga > Infraorder Elateriformia > Superfamily Elateroidea > Family Elateridae > Genus Prosternon

Prosternon tessellatum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Elater Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

ProsternonLatreille, 1834accepted genus name
Lepidotus Curtus, 1838 generic synonym
Propheletes Fiori, 1905 generic synonym
Tactocomus Kiesenwetter, 1858 generic synonym

Species group names

Diacanthus nubilipennis Germar, 1843 subjective synonym
Elater holosericeus Olivier, 1790 subjective synonym
Elater rufipes De Geer, 1774 subjective synonym
Limonius grandii Fiori, 1905 subjective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Danish: Silkeglinsende jordsmælder sources: danish PESI focal point
 English: Chequered Click Beetle

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Citation

Dr. Miguel A. Alonso-Zarazaga. Prosternon tessellatum (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/1d01a0b1-273e-4f3c-884a-ffc65855984f

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment

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Importance

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by Dr. Miguel A. Alonso-Zarazaga & by Dr. Peter C. Cate

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