Kauaʻi record · KCA-IA-00691
Anchastus swezeyi
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About Anchastus swezeyi
Anchastus swezeyi is a member of Elateridae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / adventive.
Anchastus swezeyi is an adventive click beetle now documented from Kauaʻi, including North Bog. Adult and wireworm-like larval stages are materially different identification forms.
Kauaʻi occurrence evidence: Magnacca (2025) reports Anchastus swezeyi from North Bog, Kauaʻi in 2023 and revises its Hawaiian status from probably endemic to adventive.
The cited occurrence evidence does not by itself establish current abundance or population trend on Kauaʻi.
Life cycle
Egg; larva; pupa; adult.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Anchastus swezeyi
- Family
- Elateridae
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Present
- Origin
- Introduced / adventive
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Anchastus swezeyi is a member of Elateridae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / adventive.