Heteroderes

Latreille, 1834

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Heteroderes is a of click beetles (Elateridae) established by Latreille in 1834. The genus has a distribution and contains multiple , including Heteroderes albicans described by Candeze in 1878. As a member of the click beetle , possess the characteristic prosternal process that enables their jumping mechanism.

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Pronunciation

How to pronounce Heteroderes: /ˌhɛtɛroʊˈdɛrɛs/

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Distribution

distribution; recorded across multiple continents.

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Taxonomic note

The name 'heteroderes' has been used in other taxonomic contexts. Tetrapleurus heteroderes (Fauvel, 1902) is a rove beetle (Staphylinidae), unrelated to this elaterid . Care should be taken to distinguish between these homonymous usages.

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