Euplastius melsheimeri

Euplastius melsheimeri is a species of click beetle in the family Elateridae. The genus Euplastius is poorly documented in published literature, and this species is known from very few observations. As with other elaterids, adults possess the characteristic clicking mechanism formed by the prosternal process and mesosternal receptacle that enables their jumping escape response. The species epithet honors American entomologist Frederick Ernst Melsheimer.