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Checklist for Family Elateridae Leach, 1815 (Click Beetle)
and region Penang (Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
158
783
1089
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
158
783
1089
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
147
752
1044
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
93
622
897
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
33
250
393
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
32
243
386
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
4
11
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles
2
7
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyElateridae
Leach, 1815
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles
6
8
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Penang
6 Genera with 8 Species
Agrypnus Eschscholtz, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Melanotus Schwarz, 1865Click Beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Melanoxanthus Eschscholtz, 18782SpeciesTaxom
Priopus Laporte, 18412SpeciesTaxom
Toxognathus Fairmaire, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Xanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 19991SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Penang
8 Species
Agrypnus afflictus Candeze, 1874
Melanotus (Melanotus) albivellus Candeze, 1865
Melanoxanthus decimus Candeze, 1878
Melanoxanthus fractus Candeze, 1878
Priopus hasselti Candeze, 1883
Priopus porrectus Erichson, 1841
Toxognathus bakeri Fleutiaux, 1940
Xanthopenthes longicornis Schimmel, 1999

Subnodes of Elateridae with occurrences in Penang
SubfamilyAgrypninae
Candeze, 1857
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyElaterinae
Leach, 1815
4
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPhysodactylinae
Lacordaire, 1857
1
1
Genus
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