Anchastus LeConte, 1853

Etzler, Frank E. & Seibert, Catherine E., 2022, Checklist of the Elateridae (Coleoptera) of Montana, USA, with Taxonomic Notes, The Coleopterists Bulletin 76 (3), pp. 449-477 : 472

Anchastus LeConte, 1853 .

Prior to 2018, the single Montana species of this genus, Anchastus cinereipennis (Eschscholtz) , was known by a single specimen collected by pitfall trap from Toole Co. ( Seibert 1993). A pitfall trap and colored pan traps have collected more specimens since 2018 in other counties ( Fig. 11 ), with pan traps being the most productive. This highlights that variable collecting methods are required to have accurate species representation of the elaterid fauna within a state. Although reported as economically important in other states, A. cinereipennis does not appear so in Montana.

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Fig. 11. Distribution of 18 species of Elateridae by county in Montana. Elaterinae (in part).