Plastocerus is a genus of click beetles, the sole member of the tribe Plastocerini. While it has historically often been ranked as a family,Plastoceridae Species List at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 15 Jul 2011. the genus is now placed firmly within the Elateridae family.Bocak L, Motyka M, Bocek M, Bocakova M (2018) Incomplete sclerotization and phylogeny: The phylogenetic classification of Plastocerus (Coleoptera: Elateroidea). PLoS ONE 13(3): e0194026. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0194026.Kusy D, Motyka M, Bocek M, Vogler AP & Bocak L (2018) Genome sequences identify three families of Coleoptera as morphologically derived click beetles (Elateridae). Scientific Reports, 8: 17084, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-35328-0Hájek Jiří, Ivie Michael A., Lawrence John F. (2020) Binhon atrum Pic – a junior synonym of Plastocerus thoracicus, with nomenclatural notes on Plastocerus (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Plastocerinae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 60(2): 391-396.
Species Plastocerus angulosus (Germar, 1844) Plastocerus thoracicus Fleutiaux, 1918
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