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Checklist for Family Elateridae Leach, 1815 (Click Beetle)
and region Papua Region (Papua New Guinea)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
162
941
2654
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
161
939
2651
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
154
914
2611
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
127
848
2442
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
35
117
218
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
32
98
198
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
7
23
58
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles
4
18
44
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyElateridae
Leach, 1815
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles
8
10
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Papua Region
8 Genera with 10 Species
Agrypnus Eschscholtz, 18812SpeciesTaxom
Conoderus Eschscholtz, 01SpeciesTaxom
Heschatroxus Candeze, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Lanelater Arnett, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Melanotus Schwarz, 2001Click Beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Platynychus Motschulsky, 18782SpeciesTaxom
Procraerus Reitter, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Pseudotetralobus Schwarz, 19021SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Papua Region
10 Species
Agrypnus gracilentus Schwarz, 1902
Agrypnus limosus Candeze, 1881
Conoderus arouensis
Heschatroxus anticus Schwarz, 1902
Lanelater resectus Candeze, 1857
Melanotus (Melanotus) mayri Platia & Sch..., 2001
Platynychus (Platynychus) albipubens Van Zwaluwen..., 1931
Platynychus (Platynychus) papuensis Candeze, 1878
Procraerus (Procraerus) variegatus Candeze, 1878
Pseudotetralobus dohrni Schwarz, 1902

Subnodes of Elateridae with occurrences in Papua Region
SubfamilyAgrypninae
Candeze, 1857
4
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCardiophorinae
Candeze, 1860
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyElaterinae
Leach, 1815
3
3
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