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Agriotes
Agriotes gallicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Elateridae
Subfamily:	Elaterinae
Tribe:	Pomachiliini
Subtribe:	Cardiorhinina
Genus:	Agriotes Eschscholtz, 1829
Type species
Agriotes sputator Linnaeus, 1758
Subgenera
Agriodrastus Reitter, 1911 Agriotes Eschscholtz, 1829 Tinecoides Gurjeva, 1979 Tinecus Fleutieux, 1940
Synonyms
Subgenus Agriotes Agriotus Severin, 1949 (in error) Cataphagus Stephens, 1830 Fructuarius Gistl, 1848 (replacement name for Agriotes) Hemirhypus Dillwyn, 1829 (preoccupied) Lepidotus Gistel, 1834 (preoccupied by Lepidotus Asso, 1801) Pedetes Kirby, 1837 (preoccupied by Pedetes Illiger, 1811) Subgenus Tinecus Timecus Leseigneur, 1972 (in error)

Agriotes is a genus of beetles in the family Elateridae which includes numerous species, many of which are found in the Americas, Asia and much of Europe.

Species

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility list 274 species, which include significant agricultural pests such as:

• Agriotes lineatus (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Agriotes mancus (Say, 1823)
• Agriotes obscurus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Agriotes sputator (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Agriotes sordidus Illiger, 1807

References

1. "Fauna Europaea : Taxon Details". Archived from the original on June 22, 2011.
2. "Nomenclator Zoologicus Record Detail".
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2012-10-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. "ITIS Standard Report Page: Agriotes". www.itis.gov.
5. "Data Use Agreement - GBIF Portal".
6. Peter Hollas. "ION: Index to Organism Names".
7. "Agriotes - Information on Agriotes - Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life.
8. "Namebank Record Detail".
9. "Micro*scope - version 6.0 - March, 2006". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
10. GBIF. "Agriotes Eschscholtz in Thon, 1829".

• Taxa named by Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz
• Elaterinae