Agriotes obscurus Linnaeus 1758

Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae

Alternative combination: Elater obscurus

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Agriotes according to C. P. Green et al. 2006

See also Fabricius 1775, Linnaeus 1758, Linnaeus 1761, Linnaeus 1767 and Scopoli 1763

Sister taxa: Agriotes apicalis, Agriotes comminutus, Agriotes nearcticus, Agriotes pallidulus, Agriotes succiniferus

Distribution: found only at Sample 7, Nightingale Estate pit, Hackney (Quaternary of the United Kingdom)

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