Cardiophorus togatus
Texas Toga Click Beetle
Cardiophorus togatus is a of click beetle in the Elateridae, occurring in eastern North America east of the Rocky Mountains. A lectotype was designated for this species as part of a 2002 revision of Cardiophorus species in the region. The species is known by the "Texas Toga Click Beetle" and has been documented in 44 iNaturalist observations. Like other click beetles, it possesses the family's characteristic prosternal spine and mesosternal groove mechanism that produces the clicking sound.
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How to pronounce Cardiophorus togatus: //ˌkɑːr.diˈoʊ.fɔːr.əs toʊˈɡeɪ.təs//
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Distribution
Eastern Canada and United States of America, east of the Rocky Mountains
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Nomenclatural history
A lectotype was designated for C. togatus by Douglas in 2002, as the was originally described from multiple specimens without prior designation.