Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Coleoptera (Beetles) ➔ Family Elateridae (Click beetles)

Agriotes (Agriotes) obscurus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Düsterer Humusschnellkäfer Dusky Wireworm

Synonyms and other combinations:

Elater obscurus Linnaeus, 1758 |

  • Agriotes obscurus 6157
    Agriotes obscurus (Linnaeus, 1758)  Düsterer Humusschnellkäfer  Dusky Wireworm 
    Agriotes obscurus
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2013-06-11 11:52:15
    Image number: 6157

    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2013-06-11 11:52:15
  • Agriotes obscurus 9283
    Agriotes obscurus (Linnaeus, 1758)  Düsterer Humusschnellkäfer  Dusky Wireworm 
    Agriotes obscurus, conf. Christoph Benisch
    DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark; 2020-05-10 15:02:53
    Image number: 9283

    DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark
    2020-05-10 15:02:53
    conf. Christoph Benisch
  • Agriotes obscurus 9284
    Agriotes obscurus (Linnaeus, 1758)  Düsterer Humusschnellkäfer  Dusky Wireworm 
    Agriotes obscurus, conf. Christoph Benisch
    DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark; 2020-05-10 15:02:08
    Image number: 9284

    DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark
    2020-05-10 15:02:08
    conf. Christoph Benisch

Classification:
Agriotes obscurus belongs to the subfamily Elaterinae, tribe Agriotini.

References, further reading, links:
  1. Arved Lompe: Die Käfer Europas - Ein Bestimmungswerk im Internet
  2. UK Beetles
  3. Furlan, Lorenzo & Benvegnù, Isadora & Bilò, María & Lehmhus, Jörn & Ruzzier, Enrico. (2021). Species Identification of Wireworms (Agriotes spp.; Coleoptera: Elateridae) of Agricultural Importance in Europe: A New "Horizontal Identification Table". Insects. 12. 10.3390/insects12060534.
  4. Muhammad Sufian (2012). Biology, Monitoring and Management of Economically Important Wireworm Species (Coleoptera: Elateridae) in Organic Farming. Diss. 2012. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Bonn.