Rismethus

Rismethus
Rismethus scobinula, Oklahoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Family: Elateridae
Subfamily: Agrypninae
Tribe: Agrypnini
Genus: Rismethus
Fleutiaux, 1947

Rismethus is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae. There are about 10 described species in Rismethus.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These species belong to the genus Rismethus:[3]

  • Rismethus degallieri Chassain, 2010
  • Rismethus jiangi Qiu, 2025
  • Rismethus mareki Chassain, 2010
  • Rismethus pakistanicus Platia & Ahmed, 2016
  • Rismethus pistrinarius (Candeze, 1857)
  • Rismethus rainoni Platia & Coache, 2023
  • Rismethus ryukyuensis Ohira, 1999 (temperate Asia)
  • Rismethus scobinula (Candèze, 1857)
  • Rismethus squamiger (Champion, 1894)

References

  1. ^ "GBIF, Rismethus". Retrieved 2025-10-26.
  2. ^ "BugGuide.net, Rismethus genus Information". Retrieved 2025-10-26.
  3. ^ a b "Catalogue of Life, Rismethus Fleutiaux, 1947". Retrieved 2025-10-26.
  4. ^ Kundrata, Robin; Kubaczkova, Magdalena; Prosvirov, Alexander S.; Douglas, Hume B.; et al. (2019). "World catalogue of the genus-group names in Elateridae (Insecta, Coleoptera). Part I: Agrypninae, Campyloxeninae, Hemiopinae, Lissominae, Oestodinae, Parablacinae, Physodactylinae, Pityobiinae, Subprotelaterinae, Tetralobinae". ZooKeys (839): 83–154. Bibcode:2019ZooK..839...83K. doi:10.3897/zookeys.839.33279. PMC 6478653. PMID 31057327.
  • Citizen science observations for Rismethus at iNaturalist
  • Media related to Rismethus at Wikimedia Commons