A genus of click beetles.

A genus of click beetles.

A genus of click beetles. These have a small, humped pronotum which is narrower than the elytra.

This family of beetles, known as the Elateridae, are commonly called click beetles for the distinctive clicking mechanism they possess. A slender spine on the prosternum can be snapped into a corresponding notch on the mesosternum, producing a sudden and audible click that propels the beetle into the air.