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Checklist for Family Elateridae Leach, 1815 (Click Beetle)
and region New Zealand (Polynesia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
527
5392
17066
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
524
5387
17059
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
498
5315
16945
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
331
4274
14282
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
90
1573
5883
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
85
1403
5013
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
15
79
259
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles
5
45
173
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyElateridae
Leach, 1815
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles
34
137
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for New Zealand
34 Genera with 137 Species
#ABCEHILMOPSTZ
Acritelater Calder, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Aglophus Sharp, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Agrypnus Eschscholtz, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Ampedus Dejean, 17842SpeciesTaxom
Amphiplatys Sharp, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Amychus Pascoe, 20103SpeciesTaxom
Aphricus LeConte, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Asymphus Sharp, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Australeeus Stibick, 18772SpeciesTaxom
Betarmonides Schwarz, 18826SpeciesTaxom
Brounaeolus Hyslop, 18934SpeciesTaxom
Conoderus Eschscholtz, 18804SpeciesTaxom
Ctenicera Latreille, 191214SpeciesTaxom
Elatichrosis Hyslop, 188114SpeciesTaxom
Hypnoidus Dillwyn, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Insulahypnus Stibick, 19815SpeciesTaxom
Lomemus Sharp, 191018SpeciesTaxom
Mecastrus Sharp, 18775SpeciesTaxom
Megapenthes Eschscholtz, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Melanotus Schwarz, 1880Click Beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Melanoxanthus Eschscholtz, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Metablax Candeze, 19763SpeciesTaxom
Ochosternus Candeze, 18461SpeciesTaxom
Oxylasma Broun, 18935SpeciesTaxom
Panspaeus Candeze, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Panspoeus Sharp, 18803SpeciesTaxom
Parablax Schwarz, 18462SpeciesTaxom
Parinus Sharp, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Prisahypnus Stibick, 18772SpeciesTaxom
Protelater Sharp, 188612SpeciesTaxom
Psorochroa Broun, 19013SpeciesTaxom
Sphaenelater Schwarz, 18775SpeciesTaxom
Thoramus Sharp, 187711SpeciesTaxom
Zeaglophus Broun, 18951SpeciesTaxom


Species list for New Zealand
137 Species
Acritelater reversa Sharp, 1877
Aglophus modestus Sharp, 1877
Agrypnus variabilis Candeze, 1857Sugarcane wireworm
Ampedus (Ampedus) areolatus Say, 1823
Ampedus (Ampedus) nigrinus Herbst, 1784
Amphiplatys lawsoni Sharp, 1877
Amychus candezei Pascoe, 1876
Amychus granulatus Broun, 1883
Amychus manawatawhi Marris & Joh..., 2010
Aphricus zealandicus Douglas, 2006
Asymphus insidiosus Sharp, 1886
Australeeus humilis Sharp, 1877
Australeeus powelli Sharp, 1877
Betarmonides flavipilus Broun, 1893
Betarmonides frontalis Sharp, 1877
Betarmonides gracilipes Sharp, 1877
Betarmonides laetus Sharp, 1877
Betarmonides obscurus Sharp, 1877
Betarmonides sharpi Candeze, 1882
Brounaeolus brouni Douglas, 2005
Brounaeolus obsoletus Broun, 1893
Brounaeolus punctatus Broun, 1893
Brounaeolus rufescens Broun, 1893
Conoderus exsul Sharp, 1877Click beetle
Conoderus maritimus Broun, 1893
Conoderus planatus Schwarz, 1906
Conoderus subrufus Broun, 1880
Ctenicera agriotoides Sharp, 1877
Ctenicera antipodum Candeze, 1863
Ctenicera approximans Broun, 1912
Ctenicera canaliculatus Broun, 1893
Ctenicera dubius Sharp, 1877
Ctenicera fulvescens Broun, 1912
Ctenicera irregularis Sharp, 1886
Ctenicera megops White, 1874
Ctenicera mundus Sharp, 1886
Ctenicera munroi Broun, 1893
Ctenicera olivascens White, 1874
Ctenicera sternalis Broun, 1912
Ctenicera strangulatus White, 1874
Ctenicera vitticollis Broun, 1912
Elatichrosis aeneola Candeze, 1865
Elatichrosis barbata Candeze, 1865
Elatichrosis brevicollis Broun, 1881
Elatichrosis castanea Broun, 1881
Elatichrosis certa Broun, 1881
Elatichrosis dubitans Broun, 1912
Elatichrosis elongata Sharp, 1877
Elatichrosis eximia Broun, 1893
Elatichrosis fulvipes Broun, 1881
Elatichrosis impressa Broun, 1893
Elatichrosis livens Broun, 1881
Elatichrosis polita Sharp, 1877
Elatichrosis setigera Broun, 1881
Elatichrosis valida Broun, 1881
Hypnoidus meinertzhageni Broun, 1881
Insulahypnus kuscheli Stibick, 1981
Insulahypnus lancea Stibick, 1981
Insulahypnus longicornis Sharp, 1877
Insulahypnus mayae Stibick, 1981
Insulahypnus wisei Stibick, 1981
Lomemus collaris Sharp, 1877
Lomemus elegans Sharp, 1877
Lomemus flavipes Sharp, 1877
Lomemus frontalis Broun, 1893
Lomemus fulvipennis Broun, 1893
Lomemus fuscicornis Broun, 1893
Lomemus fuscipes Broun, 1893
Lomemus maurus Broun, 1893
Lomemus obscuripes Sharp, 1877
Lomemus pictus Sharp, 1877
Lomemus pilicornis Sharp, 1877
Lomemus puncticollis Broun, 1895
Lomemus rectus Broun, 1883
Lomemus sculpturatus Broun, 1893
Lomemus similis Sharp, 1877
Lomemus suffusus Sharp, 1877
Lomemus vittatus Broun, 1883
Lomemus vittipennis Broun, 1910
Mecastrus convexus Sharp, 1877
Mecastrus discedens Sharp, 1877
Mecastrus intermedius Broun, 1893
Mecastrus lateristrigatus White, 1846
Mecastrus vicinus Sharp, 1877
Megapenthes kieneri (Schimmel, 1997)⇒ Ochosternus zealandicus White, 1846
Melanotus (Melanotus) hapatesus Candeze, 1880
Melanoxanthus melanocephalus Fabricius, 1781Click beetle
Metablax acutipennis White, 1846
Metablax brouni Sharp, 1877
Metablax gourlayi Calder, 1976
Ochosternus zealandicus White, 1846
Oxylasma basalis Broun, 1886
Oxylasma carinalis Broun, 1893
Oxylasma pannosum Broun, 1881
Oxylasma tectum Broun, 1881
Oxylasma vittiger Broun, 1893
Panspaeus guttatus (Sharp, 1877)⇒ Panspoeus guttatus Sharp, 1877
Panspoeus bipunctatus (Schwarz, 1906)⇒ Panspoeus guttatus Sharp, 1877
Panspoeus guttatus Sharp, 1877
Panspoeus tenebrosus (Broun, 1880)⇒ Panspoeus guttatus Sharp, 1877
Parablax approximans White, 1846
Parablax cinctiger White, 1846
Parinus villosus Sharp, 1877
Prisahypnus attenuatus Broun, 1893
Prisahypnus frontalis Sharp, 1877
Protelater atriceps Broun, 1886
Protelater costiceps Broun, 1893
Protelater diversus Broun, 1912
Protelater elongatus Sharp, 1877
Protelater guttatus Sharp, 1877
Protelater huttoni Sharp, 1877
Protelater nigricans Sharp, 1881
Protelater opacus Sharp, 1877
Protelater picticornis Sharp, 1877
Protelater pubescens Broun, 1893
Protelater urquharti Broun, 1893
Protelater vitticollis Broun, 1886
Psorochroa granulata (Broun, 1883)⇒ Amychus granulatus Broun, 1883
Psorochroa rotundicollis (Schwarz, 1901)⇒ Amychus candezei Pascoe, 1876
Psorochroa schauinslandi (Schwarz, 1901)⇒ Amychus candezei Pascoe, 1876
Sphaenelater collaris Pascoe, 1877
Sphaenelater fulvus Sharp, 1877
Sphaenelater lineicollis White, 1846
Sphaenelater nitidofuscus Blanchard, 1853
Sphaenelater similis Sharp, 1877
Thoramus angustus Broun, 1881
Thoramus cervinus Broun, 1881
Thoramus feredayi Sharp, 1877
Thoramus foveolatus Broun, 1880
Thoramus huttoni Sharp, 1886
Thoramus laevithorax White, 1846
Thoramus parryi Candeze, 1863
Thoramus parvulus Broun, 1881
Thoramus perblandus Broun, 1880
Thoramus rugipennis Broun, 1880
Thoramus wakefieldi Sharp, 1877
Zeaglophus pilicornis Broun, 1895

Subnodes of Elateridae with occurrences in New Zealand
SubfamilyAgrypninae
Candeze, 1857
3
16
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCardiophorinae
Candeze, 1860
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDenticollinae
Stein & Weise, 1877
3
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyElaterinae
Leach, 1815
9
36
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLissominae
Laporte, 1835
2
17
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyProsterninae
Gistel, 1856
14
54
Genera
Species

Taxom



Elateridae (Leach 1815)
Elateridae (Leach 1815)


Links, sources and further information
Elateridae at artfakta.se
Elateridae at dyntaxa.se
Elateridae at gbif.org
Elateridae at irmng.org
Elateridae at itis.gov