Csóka, György and Kovács, Tibor (1999): Xilofág rovarok - Xylophagous insects. Hungarian Forest Research Institute. Erdészeti Turományos Intézet, Agroinform Kiadó, Budapest, 189 pp.
Elongated beetles, which taper toward their rear end. They have a mobile joint between the first and second thoracic segments. This makes them able to flick themselves into the air giving a clicking noise. Larvae are called "wireworms", and are hard and elongated. They can either be phytophagous or can feed on decaying substrates. Other species are predaceous. Some species of the family are secondarily saproxylic, feeding on wood fragments and frass left behind by other xylophages. The short-lived adults feed on flowers, foliage and plant saps.
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