Pachyderes apicalis Archives - Singapore Geographic https://www.singaporegeographic.com/tag/pachyderes-apicalis Singapore Biodiversity, List of Wild Animals, Insect, Nature Article that has been recorded in Singapore. Tue, 10 May 2022 10:58:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 135464637 Emperor Click Beetle – Pachyderes apicalis https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/beetle/emperor-click-beetle-pachyderes-apicalis?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=emperor-click-beetle-pachyderes-apicalis https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/beetle/emperor-click-beetle-pachyderes-apicalis#respond Mon, 21 Mar 2022 09:14:22 +0000 https://www.singaporegeographic.com/?p=6886 Elateridae or click beetles are family of beetles. Other names include elaters, snapping beetles, spring beetles or skipjacks. This family was defined by William Elford Leach in 1815. They are a cosmopolitan beetle family characterized by the unusual click mechanism they possess. Wikipedia Quite unique beetle, with special pronotum. Location Macritchie – March 2022 Thanks, Keita […]

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]]> Elateridae or click beetles are family of beetles. Other names include elaters, snapping beetles, spring beetles or skipjacks. This family was defined by William Elford Leach in 1815. They are a cosmopolitan beetle family characterized by the unusual click mechanism they possess. Wikipedia

Quite unique beetle, with special pronotum.

Location Macritchie – March 2022

Thanks, Keita Matsumoto and Didier Dubail Coleoptera for the ID

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