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Checklist for Family Elateridae Leach, 1815 (Click Beetle)
and region Metropolitan France (France)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
752
9687
27461
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
749
9681
27454
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
679
9430
26835
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
413
7648
23452
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
114
2454
7304
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
105
2207
6113
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
21
239
766
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles
8
136
377
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyElateridae
Leach, 1815
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles
79
243
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Metropolitan France
79 Genera with 243 Species
#ABCDEFHILMNOPQRSTZ
Actenicerus Kiesenwetter, 17641SpeciesTaxom
Adelocera Latreille, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Adrastus Eschscholtz, 17856SpeciesTaxom
Aeolus Eschscholtz, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Agriotes Eschscholtz, 178315SpeciesTaxom
Agrypnus Eschscholtz, 17588SpeciesTaxom
Ampedus Dejean, 185337SpeciesTaxom
Anchastus LeConte, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Anilicus Candeze, 1863
0SpeciesTaxom
Anostirus C.G. Thomson, 18434SpeciesTaxom
Aplotarsus Stephens, 18272SpeciesTaxom
Athous Eschscholtz, 184020SpeciesTaxom
Berninelsonius Leseigneur, 18271SpeciesTaxom
Betarmon Kiesenwetter, 18031SpeciesTaxom
Brachygonus Buysson, 18552SpeciesTaxom
Calambus Thomson, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Cardiophorus Eschscholtz, 184013SpeciesTaxom
Cebrio Olivier, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Chalcolepis Candeze, 1857
0SpeciesTaxom
Cidnopus C.G. Thomson, 03SpeciesTaxom
Conoderus Eschscholtz, 18594SpeciesTaxom
Crepidius Candeze, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Crepidomenus Erichson, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Crepidophorus Mulsant & Gu..., 18471SpeciesTaxom
Ctenicera Latreille, 17815SpeciesTaxom
Dalopius Eschscholtz, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Danosoma C.G. Thomson, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Denticollis Piller & Mit..., 17833SpeciesTaxom
Diacanthous Reitter, 17741SpeciesTaxom
Dicrepidius Eschscholtz, 18892SpeciesTaxom
Dicronychus Brullé, 18564SpeciesTaxom
Dolerosomus Motschulsky, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Drapetes Dejean, 18593SpeciesTaxom
Drilus A. G. Olivier, 17901SpeciesTaxom
Eanus LeConte, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Ectinus Eschscholtz, 17611SpeciesTaxom
Elater minutus Linn..., 19322SpeciesTaxom
Elatichrosis Hyslop, 1921
0SpeciesTaxom
Esthesopus Eschscholtz, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Fleutiauxellus Mequignon, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Hemicrepidius Germar, 17584SpeciesTaxom
Hypnoidus Dillwyn, 18082SpeciesTaxom
Hypoganus Kiesenwetter, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Idolus Desbrochers, 18543SpeciesTaxom
Ischnodes Germar, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Lacon Laporte, 17845SpeciesTaxom
Limonius Eschscholtz, 2007Dark Brown Click Beetle8SpeciesTaxom
Liotrichus Kiesenwetter, 18532SpeciesTaxom
Lissomus Dalman, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Malacogaster Bassi, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Megapenthes Eschscholtz, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Melanotus Schwarz, 1841Click Beetle8SpeciesTaxom
Negastrius C.G. Thomson, 18542SpeciesTaxom
Nothodes LeConte, 17991SpeciesTaxom
Oedostethus LeConte, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Oestodes LeConte, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Paracardiophorus Schwarz, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Paraphotistus Kishii, 17992SpeciesTaxom
Pheletes Kiesenwetter, 17902SpeciesTaxom
Podeonius Kiesenwetter, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Pomachilius Eschscholtz, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Porthmidius Germar, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Procraerus Reitter, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Prosternon Latreille, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Pseudanostirus Dolin, 18386SpeciesTaxom
Pyrearinus Costa, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Pyrophorus Illiger, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Quasimus des Gozis, 18171SpeciesTaxom
Reitterelater Platia & Cate, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Selatosomus Stephens, 18015SpeciesTaxom
Semiotus Eschscholtz, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Sericus Eschscholtz, 18937SpeciesTaxom
Setasomus Gureva, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Stenagostus Thomson, 17742SpeciesTaxom
Sylvanelater Johnson, 18061SpeciesTaxom
Synaptus Eschscholtz, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Tetralobus Lepeletier &..., 18511SpeciesTaxom
Tetrigus Candeze, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Zorochros C.G. Thomson, 19367SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Metropolitan France
243 Species and 3 Subspecies
Actenicerus (Actenicerus) sjaelandicus (Müller, 1764)⇒ Athous haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1801
Adelocera jungi L. Piton, 1940
Adrastus axillaris Erichson, 1841
Adrastus lacertosus Erichson, 1841
Adrastus limbatus (Fabricius, 1777)⇒ Adrastus pallens Fabricius, 1792
Adrastus montanus Scopoli, 1763
Adrastus pallens Fabricius, 1792
Adrastus rachifer Geoffroy, 1785
Aeolus mellillus Say, 1836Sweet Click Beetle
Agriotes (Agriotes) acuminatus Stephens, 1830
Agriotes (Agriotes) brevis Candeze, 1863
Agriotes (Agriotes) collaris (LeConte, 1853)⇒ Agriotes crassiusculus Platia & Gud..., 1998
Agriotes (Agriotes) fucosus LeConte, 1853
Agriotes (Agriotes) gallicus Lacordaire, 1835
Agriotes (Agriotes) limosus LeConte, 1853Little brown click beetle
Agriotes (Agriotes) lineatus Linnaeus, 1767Click Beetles
Agriotes (Agriotes) litigiosus P. Rossi, 1792
Agriotes (Agriotes) obscurus Linnaeus, 1758Click beetle
Agriotes (Agriotes) pallidulus Illiger, 1807
Agriotes (Agriotes) pilosellus Schönherr, 1817
Agriotes (Agriotes) sordidus Illiger, 1807Click beetle
Agriotes (Agriotes) sputator Linnaeus, 1758Common click beetle
Agriotes (Agriotes) stabilis LeConte, 1853
Agriotes (Agriotes) ustulatus Schaller, 1783
Agrypnus (Paralacon) argillaceus Solsky, 1871
Agrypnus argillaceus argillaceus argillaceus ..., 1871
Agrypnus acutangulus Fleutiaux, 1936
Agrypnus binodulus coreanus Kishii, 1961
Agrypnus crenicollis Ménétriés, 1832
Agrypnus davidis Fairmaire, 1878
Agrypnus limonius Girard, 1991
Agrypnus murinus Linnaeus, 1758Mousegrey click beetle
Ampedus (Ampedus) apicatus Say, 1834
Ampedus (Ampedus) aurilegulus Schaufuss, 1863
Ampedus (Ampedus) auripes Reitter, 1895
Ampedus (Ampedus) balteatus Linnaeus, 1758
Ampedus (Ampedus) brunnicornis Germar, 1844
Ampedus (Ampedus) cardinalis Schiödte, 1865Cardinal Click Beetle
Ampedus (Ampedus) cinnabarinus Eschscholtz, 1829
Ampedus (Ampedus) cinnaberinus Eschscholtz, 1829
Ampedus (Ampedus) elegantulus Schönherr, 1817
Ampedus (Ampedus) elongatulus Fabricius, 1787
Ampedus (Ampedus) erythrogonus P. W. J. Mül..., 1821
Ampedus (Ampedus) fusculus LeConte, 1853
Ampedus (Ampedus) linteus Say, 1839
Ampedus (Ampedus) luctuosus LeConte, 1853
Ampedus (Ampedus) melanurus Mulsant & Gu..., 1855
Ampedus (Ampedus) militaris Harris, 1836
Ampedus (Ampedus) miniipennis LeConte, 1853
Ampedus (Ampedus) mixtus Herbst, 1806
Ampedus (Ampedus) nigerrimus Lacordaire, 1835
Ampedus (Ampedus) nigrinus Herbst, 1784
Ampedus (Ampedus) nigroflavus Goeze, 1777
Ampedus (Ampedus) pomonae (Stephens, 1830)⇒ Ampedus quercicola Buysson, 1887
Ampedus (Ampedus) pomorum Herbst, 1784
Ampedus (Ampedus) praeustus Fabricius, 1792
Ampedus (Ampedus) protervus LeConte, 1853
Ampedus (Ampedus) pullus Germar, 1844
Ampedus (Ampedus) quercicola Buysson, 1887
Ampedus (Ampedus) rubricus Say, 1825Red-headed Click Beetle
Ampedus (Ampedus) rufipennis Stephens, 1830Red-horned Cardinal Click Beetle
Ampedus (Ampedus) sanguineus Linnaeus, 1758Cardinal click beetle
Ampedus (Ampedus) sanguinolentus Schrank, 1776
Ampedus (Ampedus) scrofa Germar, 1844
Ampedus (Ampedus) semicinctus Randall, 1838
Ampedus (Ampedus) sinuatus Germar, 1844
Ampedus (Ampedus) triangulum Dorn, 1924
Ampedus (Ampedus) tristis Linnaeus, 1758
Ampedus (Ampedus) vitiosus LeConte, 1853
Anchastus (Anchastus) insularis Candeze, 1889
Anostirus (Anostirus) castaneus Linnaeus, 1758Chestnut Click Beetle
Anostirus (Ipostirus) gracilicollis Stierlin, 1896
Anostirus (Parastirus) purpureus Poda, 1761
Anostirus (Pseudostirus) sulphuripennis Germar, 1843
Aplotarsus angustulus Kiesenwetter, 1858
Aplotarsus incanus Gyllenhal, 1827
Athous (Athous) brightwelli Kirby, 1837
Athous (Athous) haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1801Click Beetle
Athous (Athous) rufifrons Randall, 1838
Athous (Athous) vittatus Fabricius, 1792
Athous (Euplathous) dejeani (Laporte de C..., 1840)⇒ Athous dejeanii Laporte, 1840
Athous (Euplathous) frigidus Mulsant & Gu..., 1855
Athous (Haplathous) emaciatus Candeze, 1860
Athous (Haplathous) longicornis Candeze, 1865
Athous (Haplathous) melanoderes Mulsant & Gu..., 1855
Athous (Haplathous) subfuscus O. F. Müller, 1764
Athous (Haplathous) villiger Mulsant & Gu..., 1855
Athous (Haplathous) zebei Bach, 1852
Athous (Orthathous) bicolor (Goeze, 1777)⇒ Elathous bicolor LeConte, 1853
Athous (Orthathous) campyloides Newman, 1833Curved click beetle
Athous (Orthathous) eckerleini Platia & Gud..., 2000
Athous (Orthathous) herbigradus Mulsant & Gu..., 1855
Athous (Orthathous) subtruncatus Mulsant & Gu..., 1856
Athous (Orthathous) tomentosus Mulsant & Gu..., 1855
Athous (Pleurathous) godarti Mulsant & Gu..., 1853
Athous dejeanii Laporte, 1840
Berninelsonius hyperboreus Gyllenhal, 1827
Betarmon bisbimaculatus Fabricius, 1803
Brachygonus campadellii Platia & Gud..., 2000
Brachygonus ruficeps Mulsant & Gu..., 1855
Calambus bipustulatus Linnaeus, 1758
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) anticus Erichson, 1840
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) asellus Erichson, 1840
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) biguttatus A. G. Olivier, 1790
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) cardisce Say, 1834
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) decoratus Fleutiaux, 1936
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) ebeninus Germar, 1824
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) exaratus Erichson, 1840
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) gramineus Scopoli, 1763
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) hummeli Fleutiaux, 1936
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) nigerrimus Erichson, 1840
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) ruficollis Linnaeus, 1758
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) rufipes Goeze, 1777
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) vestigialis Erichson, 1840
Cebrio gigas Fabricius, 1787
Cidnopus aeruginosus Olivier, 1790
Cidnopus pilosus Leske, 1785
Cidnopus quercus
Conoderus amplicollis Gyllenhal, 1833Gulf wireworm
Conoderus bifoveatus Palisot de B..., 1807Click beetle
Conoderus delauneyi Fleutiaux, 1911
Conoderus xysticus Candeze, 1859
Crepidius rhipiphorus Candeze, 1859
Crepidomenus dysmikos Calder, 1986
Crepidophorus mutilatus Rosenhauer, 1847
Ctenicera aeripennis Kirby, 1837Prairie grain wireworm
Ctenicera cuprea Fabricius, 1781
Ctenicera doderoi Binaghi, 1940
Ctenicera pectinicornis Linnaeus, 1758
Ctenicera virens Schrank, 1781
Dalopius cognatus Brown, 1934
Dalopius marginatus Linnaeus, 1758
Danosoma fasciata Linnaeus, 1758
Danosoma fasciatum Linnaeus, 1758
Denticollis denticornis Kirby, 1837
Denticollis linearis Linnaeus, 1758
Denticollis rubens Piller & Mit..., 1783
Diacanthous undulatus De Geer, 1774
Dicrepidius distinctus Fleutiaux, 1911
Dicrepidius elegans Fleutiaux & ..., 1889
Dicronychus cinereus Herbst, 1784
Dicronychus equiseti (Herbst, 1784)⇒ Dicronychus equisetioides Lohse, 1976
Dicronychus equisetioides Lohse, 1976
Dicronychus versicolor Mulsant & Gu..., 1856
Dolerosomus silaceus Say, 1825
Drapetes (Drapetes) mediorufus Fleutiaux, 1911
Drapetes (Drapetes) mordelloides Host, 1789
Drapetes (Drapetes) nigricans Bonvouloir, 1859
Drilus flavescens Olivier, 1790
Eanus (Eanus) decoratus Mannerheim, 1853
Ectinus aterrimus Linnaeus, 1761
Elater (Elater) ferrugineus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Betarmon bisbimaculatus Fabricius, 1803
Elater bimaculatus (Van Dyke, 1932)⇒ Ampedus yushiroi W. Suzuki, 1985
Esthesopus poedicus Candeze, 1860
Fleutiauxellus (Fleutiauxellus) maritimus Curtis, 1840
Hemicrepidius (Hemicrepidius) hemipodus Say, 1825
Hemicrepidius (Hemicrepidius) hirtus Herbst, 1784
Hemicrepidius (Hemicrepidius) memnonius Herbst, 1806
Hemicrepidius (Hemicrepidius) niger (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Hemicrepidius hirtus Herbst, 1784
Hypnoidus riparius Fabricius, 1792
Hypnoidus rivularius Gyllenhal, 1808
Hypoganus inunctus Lacordaire, 1835
Idolus bigeminatus Randall, 1838
Idolus debilis LeConte, 1884
Idolus picipennis Bach, 1854
Ischnodes sanguinicollis Panzer, 1793
Lacon auroratus Say, 1839
Lacon lepidopterus Panzer, 1801
Lacon punctatus Herbst, 1779
Lacon punctatus punctatus oblongus Del..., 1931
Lacon querceus Herbst, 1784Oak Click Beetle
Limonius (Limonius) aeger LeConte, 1853
Limonius (Limonius) agonus Say, 1834Eastern field wireworm
Limonius (Limonius) aurifer LeConte, 1853
Limonius (Limonius) confusus LeConte, 1853
Limonius (Limonius) griseus Palisot de B..., 1805
Limonius (Limonius) minutus Linnaeus, 1758
Limonius (Limonius) plebejus Say, 1825
Limonius (Limonius) poneli Leseigneur &..., 2007
Liotrichus (Liotrichus) affinis Paykull, 1800
Liotrichus (Liotrichus) spinosus LeConte, 1853
Lissomus insularis Cobos, 1966
Malacogaster passerinii Bassi, 1834
Megapenthes lugens Redtenbacher, 1842The Queen's Executioner
Melanotus (Melanotus) asper Platia & Sch..., 2001
Melanotus (Melanotus) brunnipes Germar, 1824
Melanotus (Melanotus) castanipes Paykull, 1800
Melanotus (Melanotus) crassicollis Erichson, 1841
Melanotus (Melanotus) mutatus Harold, 1869
Melanotus (Melanotus) punctolineatus Pelerin, 1829Sandwich Click Beetle
Melanotus (Melanotus) similis Kirby, 1837
Melanotus (Melanotus) tenebrosus Erichson, 1841
Negastrius pulchellus Linnaeus, 1758
Negastrius sabulicola Boheman, 1854
Nothodes parvulus Panzer, 1799
Oedostethus femoralis LeConte, 1853
Oestodes tenuicollis Randall, 1838
Paracardiophorus musculus Erichson, 1840
Paraphotistus (Paraphotistus) impressus Fabricius, 1792
Paraphotistus (Setasomus) nigricornis Panzer, 1799
Pheletes aeneoniger DeGeer, 1774
Pheletes quercus A. G. Olivier, 1790
Podeonius acuticornis Germar, 1824
Pomachilius hallomenus Candeze, 1860
Porthmidius austriacus Schrank, 1781
Procraerus (Procraerus) tibialis Lacordaire, 1835
Prosternon medianum Germar, 1843
Prosternon tessellatum Linnaeus, 1758Chequered Click Beetle
Pseudanostirus hamatus Say, 1834
Pseudanostirus hieroglyphicus Say, 1834
Pseudanostirus nigricollis Bland, 1864
Pseudanostirus ochreipennis LeConte, 1863
Pseudanostirus propolus LeConte, 1853Propelling Click Beetle
Pseudanostirus triundulatus Randall, 1838Three-spotted Click Beetle
Pyrearinus lampyris Candeze, 1863
Pyrophorus phosphorescens Laporte, 1840
Quasimus (Quasimus) minutissimus Germar, 1817
Reitterelater dubius (Platia & Cate, 1990)⇒ Brachygonus dubius Platia & Cate, 1990
Selatosomus (Pristilophus) cruciatus Linnaeus, 1758
Selatosomus (Pristilophus) melancholicus Fabricius, 1798
Selatosomus (Selatosomus) aeneus Linnaeus, 1758
Selatosomus (Selatosomus) amplicollis Germar, 1843
Selatosomus (Selatosomus) latus Fabricius, 1801
Semiotus menatensis L. Piton, 1940
Sericus (Sericoderma) subaeneus Redtenbacher, 1842
Sericus (Sericus) brunneus Linnaeus, 1759
Sericus (Sericus) honestus Randall, 1838
Sericus (Sericus) incongruus LeConte, 1853
Sericus (Sericus) viridanus Say, 1825
Sericus grandis (Nakane & Kishii, 1954)⇒ Sericus fujisanus Lewis, 1894
Sericus sulcipennis Buysson, 1893
Setasomus nitidulus LeConte, 1853
Stenagostus rhombeus Olivier, 1808
Stenagostus rufus DeGeer, 1774
Sylvanelater cylindriformis Herbst, 1806
Synaptus filiformis Fabricius, 1781Hairy Click Beetle
Tetralobus (Tetralobus) polyphemus Boheman, 1851
Tetrigus lewisi Candeze, 1873
Zorochros (Zorochros) araxicola Reitter, 1895
Zorochros (Zorochros) dermestoides (Herbst, 1806)⇒ Zorochros minimus Boisduval & ..., 1835
Zorochros (Zorochros) dufouri Buysson, 1900
Zorochros (Zorochros) flavipes (Aubé, 1850)⇒ Zorochros minimus Boisduval & ..., 1835
Zorochros (Zorochros) meridionalis Laporte, 1840
Zorochros (Zorochros) quadriguttatus (Laporte, 1840)⇒ Zorochros minimus Boisduval & ..., 1835
Zorochros (Zorochros) sinensis Fleutiaux, 1936

Subnodes of Elateridae with occurrences in Metropolitan France
SubfamilyAgrypninae
Candeze, 1857
13
25
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCardiophorinae
Candeze, 1860
4
19
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCebrioninae
Latreille, 1802
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDendrometrinae
Gistel, 1856
11
46
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDenticollinae
Stein & Weise, 1877
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyElaterinae
Leach, 1815
24
97
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLissominae
Laporte, 1835
3
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyNegastriinae
Nakane & Kishii, 1956
5
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyProsterninae
Gistel, 1856
17
37
Genera
Species

Taxom



Elateridae (Leach 1815)
Elateridae (Leach 1815)


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