Campsosternus

Campsosternus is a genus of click beetles in the subfamily Dendrometrinae. The genus is extant but there is at least one described species from the Eocene of the Czech Republic.

Campsosternus Temporal range: 37.2–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Campsosternus rutilans in Bukidnon, Philippines
Campsosternus auratus in Taipei, Taiwan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Elateridae
Subfamily:	Dendrometrinae
Tribe:	Oxynopterini
Genus:	Campsosternus Latreille, 1834
Species
See text
Synonyms
Camposternus (Fowler, 1912) Camposternus (Chenu, 1860) Camposternus (Fleutiaux, 1927) Camposternus (Miwa, 1929) Camposternus (Hope, 1842)

Description of some species

There are many species, including:

• Campsosternus auratus
• †Campsosternus atavus - a fossil species found in an Eocene lacustrine small diatomite in Kutschlin near Bilin, in the Czech Republic^[1]
• Campsosternus dohrni
• Campsosternus gemma - the Rainbow sheath click beetle (彩虹叩頭蟲 in Chinese), a protected species in Taiwan
• Campsosternus hopei
• Campsosternus rutilans
• Campsosternus stephensi
• Campsosternus templetoni - name is a tribute to Robert Templeton (1802–1892), a naturalist, artist and entomologist

See also

• Buprestidae
• List of click beetle genera of India