Some Elateridae

[karan]

Elateridae, the family that Trehopr1 has recently shown us in one of his last posts, a family that I certainly like quite a lot but I do not usually see for sale on ebay, and I do not know why it does not detract in beauty from any other, not to mention that It has one of the most impressive antenna structures I have ever seen.

CAMPSOSTERNUS AURATUS 52mm

CAMPSOSTERNUS GEMMA 41mm

OXYNOPTERUA ANNAMENSIS

Spend more time to put those antennas than the whole insect but I think it was worth it, to see if the couple appears soon.

[trehopr1]

Love those pictures of your Elateridae Karan ! Once again some superbly mounted specimens. That one with those crazy antennae is especially cool and well worth the effort. I have that one also, but mine is in a bottle of 70% alcohol and I have to remove it and work on spreading it sometime...

[trehopr1]

Karan, here are a very few of the more interesting Elateridae which I own and have come across over the years...

The first two photo's have been posted before on previous threads but, the others are new.













So, there's a few of the better species which I have acquired (one here or one there) over the years.

I certainly don't know all the genera or names but, I have always had a fondness for this beetle family; in particular the most interesting looking ones !

[karan]

Wooov
You have a nice collection of elateridae, and I am falling in love with the cardboard box system, they are much more organized.
Could you give me size and name of the red is very beautiful.

[trehopr1]

Hello karen, my red colored Elaterid number goes by the name Semiotus sanguinicollis (Blanchard). The genus is of South American origins. I don't know the number of species but, I have seen specimens from Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil (although other countries probably have these boldly colored beetles). Of the several specimens which I have seen this one was the only Ferrari-red version. Others, were more orange in color with a couple being reddish/orange. The specimen is large-ish measuring either 42 or 44 mm (by memory).

I created a thread about it and it may be found on page1 of the Coleoptera section under "A Ferrari-red Semiothus".

I put some other "descent" threads and photo's under that Coleoptera section as well (pertaining to other beetles); so if you have not looked over there yet you might enjoy some of those as well !

Also, the eyed click beetles (elater's) pictured above belong to the genus Alaus; whilst the 4 pictured in photograph 5 belong to the genus Lycoreus from Madagascar. I should have said that only the specimens pictured in photo#4 and #6 remain undetermined by me to genus...

I really try to be as accurate as I can be if I mention species names or genera as I very much admire Adam's candid certainty about anything he places a name to on these threads.👍😊

[nomihoudai]

Semiotus sanguinicollis, without 'h' is the only search that returns results for me. Nice beetle.

[trehopr1]

Thank you Claude for that keen observation. Absolutely correct... A typo error on my part. Can't seem to get that spelling error out of my head.🤔

I have fixed my oversights in spelling !

[karan]

Thanks for the extra information I have been checking the section that you have recommended and there are very nice things.
And now that I know the name I will find my Ferrari beetle.
Thanks also to Claude for the id.