Balgus

Balgus is a genus of click beetle (family Elateridae). They are one of several genera in the family which contain at least one bioluminescent species.[1] The genus was originally placed in the family Eucnemidae, later transferred to Throscidae, but recent classifications establish them firmly within Elateridae.[2]

Balgus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Elateridae
Subfamily:
Thylacosterninae
Genus:
Balgus

Fleutiaux, 1920
Species

9; see text

List of species
  • Balgus albofasciatus (Bonvouloir, 1875)
  • Balgus egaensis (Bonvouloir, 1875) [= "eganensis"]
  • Balgus eschscholtzi (Laporte, 1835)
  • Balgus humilis (Bonvouloir, 1875)
  • Balgus obconicus (Bonvouloir, 1875)
  • Balgus rugosus (Blanchard, 1843)
  • Balgus schnusei (Heller, 1914)
  • Balgus subfasciatus (Bonvouloir, 1875)
  • Balgus tuberculosus (Dalman, 1823)
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References
  1. Costa, C. (1984) Note on the bioluminescence of Balgus schnusei (Heller, 1914) (Trixagidae, Coleoptera). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 28: 397–398.
  2. Barbosa, F.F. (2016) Revision and phylogeny of the genus Balgus Fleutiaux, 1920 (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Thylacosterninae). Zootaxa 4083(4): 451–482. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4083.4.1
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