Dendrometrinae

Gistel, 1848

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Dendrometrinae is a large of click beetles (Elateridae) containing at least 10 tribes worldwide, including Athoini, Crepidomenini, Denticollini, Dimini, Oxynopterini, Prosternini, Semiotini, and Senodoniini. The subfamily has undergone substantial taxonomic revision, with several formerly recognized subfamilies (Athoinae, Crepidomeninae, Denticollinae, Oxynopterinae, Prosterninae, Semiotinae) reduced to tribal rank. is concentrated in the Palaearctic and Oriental regions, with some representation in the Nearctic.

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Pronunciation

How to pronounce Dendrometrinae: //dɛnˌdroʊməˈtraɪniː//

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Distribution

Worldwide distribution with concentration in Palaearctic and Oriental regions. Specific tribal distributions include: Senodoniini in Himalayas, China, and Southeast Asia; Dimini in Palaearctic and Oriental regions; Elathous with 39 in West Palearctic (Morocco to Iran), seven in Nearctic, and two in Japan; Scutellathous in East Asia (China, Japan, Korea).

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Taxonomic complexity

Dendrometrinae exhibits exceptional taxonomic instability. The has absorbed numerous former subfamily-rank groups, and generic placements remain fluid—exemplified by Parallotrius Candèze, 1878 placed in Dendrometrinae incertae sedis, and Allotriopsis Champion, 1896 tentatively transferred to Elaterinae: Dicrepidiini. The Plastocerus was historically classified in multiple and even superfamilies due to its modified .

Larval biology gap

stages remain unknown for most Dendrometrinae . For Scutellathous, larvae are explicitly unknown. For Plastocerus angulosus, field research to discover immature stages has been explicitly recommended to understand and .