Checklist of Family Elateridae Leach, 1815 (Click Beetle)
for Lesotho (Southern Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 288
1975
3826 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 287
1972
3822 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 273
1944
3787 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 164
1390
2777 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 35
458
1067 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 32
410
976 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
| 5
51
90 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles | 2
40
72 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Elateridae
Leach, 1815
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles | 38
70 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Lesotho
38 Genera with 70 Species
| Actenicerus Kiesenwetter, 1764 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Adrastus Eschscholtz, 1785 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Agriotes Eschscholtz, 1783 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Agrypnus Eschscholtz, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ampedus Dejean, 1776 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Anchastus LeConte, 1974 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anostirus C.G. Thomson, 1761 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Athous Eschscholtz, 1764 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Calambus Thomson, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cardiophorus Eschscholtz, 1758 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cidnopus C.G. Thomson, 1785 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Conoderus Eschscholtz, 1859 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Crepidophorus Mulsant & Gu..., 1847 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ctenicera Latreille, 1758 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dalopius Eschscholtz, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Danosoma C.G. Thomson, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Denticollis Piller & Mit..., 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Diacanthous Reitter, 1774 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dicronychus Brullé, 1976 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Drapetes Dejean, 1789 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ectinus Eschscholtz, 1761 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hemicrepidius Germar, 1758 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Hypnoidus Dillwyn, 1792 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lacon Laporte, 1784 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Limonius Eschscholtz, 1758 | Dark Brown Click Beetle | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Liotrichus Kiesenwetter, 1800 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Melanotus Schwarz, 1785 | Click Beetle | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Negastrius C.G. Thomson, 1854 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Oedostethus LeConte, 1824 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Paracardiophorus Schwarz, 1840 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paraphotistus Kishii, 1799 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Procraerus Reitter, 1835 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Prosternon Latreille, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Selatosomus Stephens, 1801 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Sericus Eschscholtz, 1758 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Stenagostus Thomson, 1774 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Synaptus Eschscholtz, 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zorochros C.G. Thomson, 1835 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Lesotho
70 Species and 3 Subspecies | Actenicerus (Actenicerus) siaelandicus O. F. Müller, 1764 | | | Actenicerus (Actenicerus) sjaelandicus (Müller, 1764) | ⇒ Athous haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1801 | | Adrastus limbatus (Fabricius, 1777) | ⇒ Adrastus pallens Fabricius, 1792 | | Adrastus pallens Fabricius, 1792 | | | Adrastus rachifer Geoffroy, 1785 | | | Agriotes (Agriotes) acuminatus Stephens, 1830 | | | Agriotes (Agriotes) ustulatus Schaller, 1783 | | | Agrypnus murinus Linnaeus, 1758 | Mousegrey click beetle | | Ampedus (Ampedus) balteatus Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Ampedus (Ampedus) cinnabarinus Eschscholtz, 1829 | | | Ampedus (Ampedus) elongatulus Fabricius, 1787 | | | Ampedus (Ampedus) erythrogonus P. W. J. Mül..., 1821 | | | Ampedus (Ampedus) hjorti B. G. Rye, 1905 | | | Ampedus (Ampedus) pomonae (Stephens, 1830) | ⇒ Ampedus quercicola Buysson, 1887 | | Ampedus (Ampedus) pomorum Herbst, 1784 | | | Ampedus (Ampedus) praeustus Fabricius, 1792 | | | Ampedus (Ampedus) quercicola Buysson, 1887 | | | Ampedus (Ampedus) sanguineus Linnaeus, 1758 | Cardinal click beetle | | Ampedus (Ampedus) sanguinolentus Schrank, 1776 | | | Anchastus (Anchastus) minutus Laurent, 1974 | | | Anostirus (Anostirus) castaneus Linnaeus, 1758 | Chestnut Click Beetle | | Anostirus castaneus castaneus Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Anostirus (Parastirus) purpureus Poda, 1761 | | | Athous (Athous) haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1801 | Click Beetle | | Athous (Athous) vittatus Fabricius, 1792 | | | Athous (Haplathous) subfuscus O. F. Müller, 1764 | | | Calambus bipustulatus Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) ebeninus Germar, 1824 | | | Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) ruficollis Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Cidnopus aeruginosus Olivier, 1790 | | | Cidnopus pilosus Leske, 1785 | | | Conoderus xysticus Candeze, 1859 | | | Crepidophorus mutilatus Rosenhauer, 1847 | | | Ctenicera cuprea Fabricius, 1781 | | | Ctenicera pectinicornis Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Dalopius marginatus Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Danosoma fasciata Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Denticollis linearis Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Diacanthous undulatus De Geer, 1774 | | | Dicronychus cinereus Herbst, 1784 | | | Dicronychus equiseti (Herbst, 1784) | ⇒ Dicronychus equisetioides Lohse, 1976 | | Dicronychus equisetioides Lohse, 1976 | | | Drapetes (Drapetes) mordelloides Host, 1789 | | | Ectinus aterrimus Linnaeus, 1761 | | | Hemicrepidius (Athous) hirtus Herbst, 1784 | | | Hemicrepidius (Hemicrepidius) hirtus Herbst, 1784 | | | Hemicrepidius (Hemicrepidius) niger (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Hemicrepidius hirtus Herbst, 1784 | | Hypnoidus riparius Fabricius, 1792 | | | Lacon querceus Herbst, 1784 | Oak Click Beetle | | Limonius (Limonius) minutus Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Liotrichus (Liotrichus) affinis Paykull, 1800 | | | Melanotus (Melanotus) castanipes Paykull, 1800 | | | Melanotus (Melanotus) fusciceps Gyllenhal, 1817 | | | Melanotus (Melanotus) villosus (Geoffroy, 1785) | ⇒ Melanotus fusciceps Gyllenhal, 1817 | | Negastrius pulchellus Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Negastrius sabulicola Boheman, 1854 | | | Oedostethus quadripustulatus Fabricius, 1792 | | | Oedostethus tenuicornis Germar, 1824 | | | Paracardiophorus musculus Erichson, 1840 | | | Paraphotistus (Paraphotistus) impressus Fabricius, 1792 | | | Paraphotistus impressus impressus | | | Paraphotistus (Setasomus) nigricornis Panzer, 1799 | | | Procraerus (Procraerus) tibialis Lacordaire, 1835 | | | Prosternon tessellatum Linnaeus, 1758 | Chequered Click Beetle | | Selatosomus (Pristilophus) cruciatus Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Selatosomus (Selatosomus) aeneus Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Selatosomus (Selatosomus) latus Fabricius, 1801 | | | Sericus (Sericus) brunneus Linnaeus, 1759 | | | Sericus brunneus brunneus Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Stenagostus rufus DeGeer, 1774 | | | Synaptus filiformis Fabricius, 1781 | Hairy Click Beetle | | Zorochros (Zorochros) dermestoides (Herbst, 1806) | ⇒ Zorochros minimus Boisduval & ..., 1835 | | Zorochros minimus Boisduval & ..., 1835 | |
Subnodes of Elateridae with occurrences in Lesotho
 | | Elateridae (Leach 1815) |
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