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Conoderus sp.

Conoderus sp.


Family: Elateridae
Order: Coleoptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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Monocrepidius is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae. The genus has often been cited as Conoderus, but of the two names for this genus published simultaneously in 1829, the one selected by the First Reviser under the ICZN was Monocrepidius, rendering Conoderus the junior synonym.

Selected species: 
  • Monocrepidius athoides LeConte, 1863
  • Monocrepidius auritus (Herbst, 1806)
  • Monocrepidius aversus LeConte, 1853
  • Monocrepidius bellus (Say, 1823)
  • Monocrepidius belti (Champion, 1895)
  • Monocrepidius bifoveatus (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805)
  • Monocrepidius browni (Knull, 1938)
  • Monocrepidius cairnsensis (Blackburn, 1893)
  • Monocrepidius castaneus (Fabricius, 1792)
  • Monocrepidius concretus (Candèze, 1881)
  • Monocrepidius delauneyi (Fleutiaux, 1911)
  • Monocrepidius delicatus (Fall, 1929)
  • Monocrepidius elegans (Candèze, 1878)
  • Monocrepidius exsul (Sharp, 1877) (pasture wireworm)
  • Monocrepidius falli (Lane, 1956) (southern potato wireworm)
  • Monocrepidius ferruginosus (Fall, 1929)
  • Monocrepidius lenis (Candèze, 1881)
  • Monocrepidius leucophaeatus (Candèze, 1859)
  • Monocrepidius lividus (De Geer, 1774)
  • Monocrepidius nigricollis (Fleutiaux, 1918)
  • Monocrepidius pallipes (Eschscholtz, 1829)
  • Monocrepidius parallelus (Candèze, 1859)
  • Monocrepidius pictus (Candèze, 1859)
  • Monocrepidius poirieri (Chassain, Deknuydt & Romé, 2014)
  • Monocrepidius posticus (Eschscholtz, 1822)
  • Monocrepidius rudis (Brown, 1933)
  • Monocrepidius rufidens (Fabricius, 1801)
  • Monocrepidius scissus Schaeffer, 1909
  • Monocrepidius sericeus (Candèze, 1865)
  • Monocrepidius similis Schaeffer, 1909
  • Monocrepidius suturalis LeConte, 1853
  • Monocrepidius vespertinus (Fabricius, 1801) (tobacco wireworm)
  • Monocrepidius vitraci (Fleutiaux, 1911)
  • Monocrepidius xysticus (Candèze, 1859)

Source: Wikipedia, article Conoderus sp.. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 18/07/2026.





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Species photographs

Count: 22

Foto
Photography ID: 612506
  Larva

Cañon del Atuel
Mendoza
Argentina
11/30/2024
Marcos Garberoglio
Foto
Photography ID: 542427
  Larva

Vicente López
Buenos Aires
Argentina
08/31/2022
Marcos Garberoglio
Foto
Photography ID: 511582
  Adult

Maldonado
Maldonado
Uruguay
10/16/2022
Emilio Lessa
Foto
Photography ID: 499092
  Adult

Florida
Buenos Aires
Argentina
11/14/2021
Marcos Garberoglio
Foto
Photography ID: 489189
  Adult

Santo Tomé
Santa Fe
Argentina
04/02/2022
Eduardo Beltrocco
Foto
Photography ID: 447421
  Adult

Santo Tomé
Santa Fe
Argentina
05/02/2021
Eduardo Beltrocco
Foto
Photography ID: 441806
  Adult

Santo Tomé
Santa Fe
Argentina
04/19/2021
Eduardo Beltrocco
Foto
Photography ID: 427414
  Adult

Santo Tomé
Santa Fe
Argentina
01/03/2021
Eduardo Beltrocco
Foto
Photography ID: 365290
  Adult

Lujan
San Luis
Argentina
11/17/2019
Eduardo Nadal



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Species records

Count: 21



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
232705527/07/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresParque Natural La LucilaMarcos Garberoglio
224114026/01/202522:00ArgentinaCatamarcaEl Rodeo, AmbatoFabrizio García
220524830/11/2024ArgentinaMendozaCañon del AtuelMarcos Garberoglio
215873528/09/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresEcoparque San FernandoMarcos Garberoglio
166239616/10/2022UruguayMaldonadoPunta del Este., MaldonadoEmilio Lessa
179791631/08/2022ArgentinaBuenos AiresÁrea Natural Yrigoyen (Yrigoyen y el Río), Vicente LópezMarcos Garberoglio
156791102/04/2022ArgentinaSanta FeSarmiento y Centenario, Santo ToméEduardo Beltrocco
160574014/11/2021ArgentinaBuenos AiresFloridaMarcos Garberoglio
179791514/10/2021ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresReserva Ecológica Ciudad Universitaria - Costanera Norte (RECU-CN)Marcos Garberoglio
140948202/05/2021ArgentinaSanta FeSarmiento y Centenario, Santo ToméEduardo Beltrocco
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Conoderus sp. – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 15/09/2026.