Neopristilophus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elateroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Elateriformia Superfamilia: Elateroidea

Familia: Elateridae
Subfamilia: Dendrometrinae
Tribus: Prosternini
Genus: Neopristilophus
Species: N. aethiops – N. colossus – N. coniungens – N. copei – N. cribrosus – N. gougeleti – N. insitivus – N. lecontei – N. maurus – N. obversus – N. parvus – N. praeses – N. rupestris – N. serrifer – N. signaticollis – N. yakuanus

Name

Neopristilophus Buysson, 1894.

Type species: Elater depressus Germar, 1823 [= Elater insitivus Germar, 1824].

Synonymy

Brownia Johnson, 2021: 325. Non Brownia d'Orbigny, 1841 [Mollusca]; Synonymy in Etzler, 2024: 128.
- Type species: Corymbites coniungens LeConte, 1853.
  - Billbrownia Johnson, 2023: 252. [replacement name]

References

Primary references

Buysson, H. du 1894. Coléoptères. Vol. 5: Elateridae. In: Fauvel, C.A.A., Faune gallo-rhénane ou description des insectes qui habitent la France, la Belgique, la Hollande, les Provinces Rhénanes et le Valais. Revue d’Entomologie 13 Supplement: 73–144. Reference page. [see page 77]

Johnson, P.J. 2021. Brownia Johnson, new genus. In: Mathison, B.A., Click Beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae) of the Southeastern United States. Occasional Papers of the Florida State Collection of Arthropods 13: 1–414. PDF Reference page.
Johnson, P.J. 2023. Billbrownia, new name to replace Brownia Johnson (Colreoptera: Elateridae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 77(2): 252–254. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-77.2.252 . ResearchGate . Reference page.

Additional references

Cate, P.C., Sánchez-Ruiz, A., Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. 2007. Elateridae, pp. 89–209. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4. Elateroidea – Derodontoidea – Lymexyloidea – Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. 935 pp. ISBN 87-88757-67-6 DOI: 10.1163/9789004260894 (via Wikipedia Library ). Google Books (limited preview available). Reference page. [see page 178]
Etzler, F.E. 2024. Generic changes for some Nearctic Prosternini (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Dendrometrinae: Neopristilophus Buysson, 1894 and Pristilophus Latreille, 1834) to align with Palearctic concepts. The Coleopterists Bulletin 78(2): 125–140. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-78.2.125 . ResearchGate . Reference page.

Links

Neopristilophus - Taxon details on iNaturalist.

Neopristilophus – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG). Accessed: 15 May 2025.