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Elodes minuta




Subspecies

This is a very variable species and a number of "forms", "varieties" and subspecies have been described. Currently, all forms are synonymized with the nominate form (Klausnitzer 2009), but
the taxonomy of Elodes minuta is in need of revision.


Original description


Synonyms
Cantharis caudata Scopoli, 1763 (homonym? nomen oblitum?)
Lampyris minuta Linnaeus, 1767
Helodes minuta (Linnaeus, 1767)
Elodes minuta (Linnaeus, 1767)
Cistela pallida Fabricius, 1775
Galleruca melanura Fabricius, 1792
Cistela laeta Panzer, 1793
Helodes nigripennis Tournier, 1868
Helodes nebrodensis Ragusa, 1884 (unclear synonym)
Helodes testacea Schilsky, 1888
Elodes discicollis Pic, 1941 (unclear synonym)


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