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Family: Elateridae
Size: 34 mm (22 to 44 mm)
Distribution: Venezuela, Bolivia, Panama, Ecuador, Antilles
Location: Peru, Dep. Loreto, Yurimaguas, Rio Huallaga, 500 m
leg. Marx, III.1997; det. U.Schmidt, 2025
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2025
Family: Elateridae
Size: 33 mm (30 to 40 mm)
Distribution: From the Balkan Peninsula to Central-Western Asia and the Near East
Biology: The larvae develop in the wood of the old rotten fallen trees, especially pines
Location: Turkey, Anatolia, Termessos
leg. Kuhn, 7.VI.1983; det. U.Schmidt, 2025
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2025
Family: Elateridae
Size: 31 mm (15 to 44 mm)
Distribution: Central America, South America
Location: Peru, Salvacion, Rio Alto de Madre de Dios, Manu Park, 600 m
leg. Marx, XI.1998; det. U.Schmidt, 2025
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2025
Family: Elateridae
Size: 34 mm (28 to 44 mm)
Distribution: Peru, Colombia and Venezuela
Location: Peru, Dep. Loreto, Yurimaguas, Rio Huallaga, 500 m
leg. Marx, III.1997; det. U.Schmidt, 2025
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2025
Family: Elateridae
Size: 40 mm (40 to 50 mm)
Distribution: Argentina, Brazil, Guyana, Bolivia and Colombia
Biology: The larvae live in rotting wood or under bark and feed on dead plant material
Location: Brazil, 1972
det. U.Schmidt, 2005
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2025
Rabun County, Georgia
Orange County, FL, August 2024. Backyard.
Orange County, FL, August 2023.
Orange County, FL, August 2023. Backyard.
Ashburnham, Massachusetts
Family: Elateridae
Size: 10.8 mm
Location: Thailand, Khao Dao Nat. Park., Chanthaburi
leg.det. L.Worthington, 6.II.2022
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2022
Chuluota Wilderness Area, Seminole County, FL, October 2022. Bioblitz.
Family: Elateridae (Subfamily: Elaterinae)
Size: 12.0 mm
Distribution: Chile, Argentina
Location: Chile, Placilla de Penuelas
leg.det. C.Pineda 16.XI.2014
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2022
