Ampedini

Belongs within: Elaterinae.

The Ampedini are a large tribe of click beetles, diagnosed by their combination of an arcuately carinate frons, broadly open procoxal cavities, flat prosternal process and entire elytral apex (Stibick 1979).

Characters (from Stibick 1979): Head capsule oval, deflexed, mouthparts inferior, frontal carina complete, arcuate, bending down between antennae to meet or at least close towards labrum; antennae ll-segmented, serrate; prothorax more or less normally narrowed anteriorly, prosternal sutures entire or excavated in front, double or single, surface of prosternal process flat between procoxae, procoxal cavities broadly open behind and wide anteriorly; scutellum shield-shaped, never cordate; mesocoxae open to both mesepimeron and mesepisternum; meso- and metasternum distinct, joined by a definite suture; apex of elytra entire; tarsi simple; claws simple, without basal setae.

<==Ampedini [Ampedina]
    |--Merklelater Platia & Schimmel 2007PS07
    |    `--*M. anstinei Platia & Schimmel 2007PS07
    |--Brachygonus Buysson 1812PS07
    |    |--B. gratiosus Platia & Schimmel 1991PS07
    |    `--B. ruficeps Mulsant & Guillebeau 1885PS07
    |--Reitterelater Platia & Cate 1990PS07
    |    |--R. kuriharai Ohira 2000PS07
    |    `--R. pappi Platia & Schimmel 2007PS07
    `--Ampedus Dejean 1833 [incl. Ectamenogonus Buysson 1893]J02
         |--A. agnatus Schimmel 1993PS07
         |--A. fabiani Platia & Schimmel 2007PS07
         |--A. formosensis (Miwa 1929) [=Elater formosensis]PS07
         |--A. kuangtangi Platia & Schimmel 2007PS07
         |--A. masamichii Kishii 1990PS07
         |--A. rufipennisKB11
         |--A. sanguinolentusKB11
         |--A. sinuatusKB11
         `--A. tattakensis Ohira 1966PS07

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[J02] Johnson, P. J. 2002. Elateridae Leach 1815. In: Arnett, R. H., Jr, M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley & J. H. Frank (eds) American Beetles vol. 2. Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea pp. 160–173. CRC Press.

[KB11] Kundrata, R., & L. Bocak. 2011. The phylogeny and limits of Elateridae (Insecta, Coleoptera): is there a common tendency of click beetles to soft-bodiedness and neoteny? Zoologica Scripta 40: 364–378.

[PS07] Platia, G., & R. Schimmel. 2007. Click beetles of Taiwan collected by the expeditions of the Hungarian Natural History Museum in the years 1995 to 2003 (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 99: 49–91.

Stibick, J. N. L. 1979. Classification of the Elateridae (Coleoptera). Relationships and classification of the subfamilies and tribes. Pacific Insects 20 (2–3): 145–186.