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Checklist for Family Elateridae Leach, 1815 (Click Beetle)
and region Switzerland (West Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
519
5821
17620
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
517
5819
17618
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
494
5734
17452
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
321
4726
15307
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
99
1857
6218
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
90
1677
5290
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
17
197
618
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles
7
125
392
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyElateridae
Leach, 1815
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles
77
226
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Switzerland
77 Genera with 226 Species
#ABCDEFGHILMNOPQRSZ
Actenicerus Kiesenwetter, 17642SpeciesTaxom
Adelocera Latreille, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Adrastus Eschscholtz, 17856SpeciesTaxom
Agriotes Eschscholtz, 178314SpeciesTaxom
Agrypnus Eschscholtz, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Alaus Eschscholtz, 1756Eyed Click Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Ampedus Dejean, 175830SpeciesTaxom
Anostirus C.G. Thomson, 19406SpeciesTaxom
Aplotarsus Stephens, 18272SpeciesTaxom
Athous Eschscholtz, 185517SpeciesTaxom
Berninelsonius Leseigneur, 18271SpeciesTaxom
Betarmon Kiesenwetter, 18031SpeciesTaxom
Brachygonus Buysson, 18554SpeciesTaxom
Calambus Thomson, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Campylomorphus Jacquelin Du..., 18071SpeciesTaxom
Cardiophorus Eschscholtz, 190113SpeciesTaxom
Cidnopus C.G. Thomson, 19853SpeciesTaxom
Conoderus Eschscholtz, 18593SpeciesTaxom
Craspedostethus Schwarz, 1898
0SpeciesTaxom
Crepidophorus Mulsant & Gu..., 18471SpeciesTaxom
Ctenicera Latreille, 17816SpeciesTaxom
Dalopius Eschscholtz, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Danosoma C.G. Thomson, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Denticollis Piller & Mit..., 17832SpeciesTaxom
Diacanthous Reitter, 17741SpeciesTaxom
Dicronychus Brullé, 18566SpeciesTaxom
Drapetes Dejean, 17891SpeciesTaxom
Drilus A. G. Olivier, 17902SpeciesTaxom
Drymelater Calder, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Dysarestus Handlirsch, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Eanus LeConte, 18171SpeciesTaxom
Ectinus Eschscholtz, 17611SpeciesTaxom
Elater minutus Linn..., 19323SpeciesTaxom
Elaterites Tillyard, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Elathous Reitter, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Fleutiauxellus Mequignon, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Glaphyropterites Handlirsch, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Glaphyropterodes Handlirsch, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Glyphonyx Candeze, 1863
0SpeciesTaxom
Haplotarsus Agassiz, 18271SpeciesTaxom
Hemicrepidius Germar, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Hemiops Laporte, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Hypnoidus Dillwyn, 19944SpeciesTaxom
Hypoganus Kiesenwetter, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Idolus Desbrochers, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Ischnodes Germar, 17932SpeciesTaxom
Isidus Mulsant y Rey, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Lacon Laporte, 17845SpeciesTaxom
Limoniscus Reitter, 18211SpeciesTaxom
Limonius Eschscholtz, 2007Dark Brown Click Beetle2SpeciesTaxom
Liotrichus Kiesenwetter, 18001SpeciesTaxom
Megapenthes Eschscholtz, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Megathous Reitter, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Melanotus Schwarz, 1784Click Beetle13SpeciesTaxom
Metanomus Buysson, 18291SpeciesTaxom
Negastrius C.G. Thomson, 18542SpeciesTaxom
Neopristilophus Buysson, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Nothodes LeConte, 17991SpeciesTaxom
Oedostethus LeConte, 18242SpeciesTaxom
Orithales Kiesenwetter, 18002SpeciesTaxom
Paracardiophorus Schwarz, 18402SpeciesTaxom
Paraphotistus Kishii, 17993SpeciesTaxom
Pheletes Kiesenwetter, 17902SpeciesTaxom
Podeonius Kiesenwetter, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Poemnites Buysson, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Porthmidius Germar, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Procraerus Reitter, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Propsephus Hyslop, 1921
0SpeciesTaxom
Prosternon Latreille, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Pseudanostirus Dolin, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Quasimus des Gozis, 18171SpeciesTaxom
Reitterelater Platia & Cate, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Selatosomus Stephens, 180110SpeciesTaxom
Sericus Eschscholtz, 18935SpeciesTaxom
Stenagostus Thomson, 17742SpeciesTaxom
Synaptus Eschscholtz, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Zorochros C.G. Thomson, 183512SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Switzerland
226 Species and 10 Subspecies
Actenicerus (Actenicerus) siaelandicus O. F. Müller, 1764
Actenicerus (Actenicerus) sjaelandicus (Müller, 1764)⇒ Athous haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1801
Adelocera vicina (Candeze, 1891)⇒ Lacon modestus Boisduval, 1835
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
Agriotes (Agriotes) acuminatus Stephens, 1830
Agriotes (Agriotes) brevis Candeze, 1863
Agriotes (Agriotes) gallicus Lacordaire, 1835
Agriotes (Agriotes) lineatus Linnaeus, 1767Click Beetles
Agriotes (Agriotes) litigiosus P. Rossi, 1792
Agriotes (Agriotes) modestus Kiesenwetter, 1858
Agriotes (Agriotes) obscurus Linnaeus, 1758Click beetle
Agriotes (Agriotes) pallidulus Illiger, 1807
Agriotes (Agriotes) paludum Kiesenwetter, 1859
Agriotes (Agriotes) pilosellus Schönherr, 1817
Agriotes (Agriotes) proximus Schwarz, 1891
Agriotes (Agriotes) sordidus Illiger, 1807Click beetle
Agriotes (Agriotes) sputator Linnaeus, 1758Common click beetle
Agriotes (Agriotes) ustulatus Schaller, 1783
Agrypnus murina L., 1758
Agrypnus murinus Linnaeus, 1758Mousegrey click beetle
Alaus oculatus Linnaeus, 1756Eastern Eyed Click Beetle
Ampedus (Ampedus) aethiops (Lacordaire, 1835)⇒ Ampedus nigerrimus Lacordaire, 1835
Ampedus (Ampedus) apicatus Say, 1834
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) forticornis Schwarz, 1900
Ampedus (Ampedus) hjorti B. G. Rye, 1905
Ampedus (Ampedus) melanurus Mulsant & Gu..., 1855
Ampedus (Ampedus) nemoralis Bouwer, 1980
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) quadrisignatus Gyllenhal, 1817
Ampedus (Ampedus) quercicola Buysson, 1887
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) sinuatus Germar, 1844
Ampedus (Ampedus) triangulum Dorn, 1924
Ampedus (Ampedus) tristis Linnaeus, 1758
Anostirus (Anostirus) castaneus Linnaeus, 1758Chestnut Click Beetle
Anostirus (Ipostirus) gracilicollis Stierlin, 1896
Anostirus (Parastirus) purpureus Poda, 1761
Anostirus (Pseudostirus) reissi Reitter, 1914
Anostirus (Pseudostirus) sulphuripennis Germar, 1843
Anostirus pseudosulphuripennis Binaghi, 1940
Aplotarsus angustulus Kiesenwetter, 1858
Aplotarsus incanus Gyllenhal, 1827
Athous (Athous) haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1801Click Beetle
Athous (Athous) vittatus Fabricius, 1792
Athous (Euplathous) dejeani (Laporte de C..., 1840)⇒ Athous dejeanii Laporte, 1840
Athous (Euplathous) frigidus Mulsant & Gu..., 1855
Athous (Haplathous) austriacus Desbrochers ..., 1873
Athous (Haplathous) emaciatus Candeze, 1860
Athous (Haplathous) flavipennis Candeze, 1860
Athous (Haplathous) lepontinus Schwarz, 1900
Athous (Haplathous) marginicollis Reitter, 1890
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) jejunus (Kiesenwetter, 1858)⇒ Athous coquerelli Reitter, 1908
Athous (Orthathous) tomentosus Mulsant & Gu..., 1855
Berninelsonius hyperboreus Gyllenhal, 1827
Betarmon bisbimaculatus Fabricius, 1803
Brachygonus bouyoni Chassain, 1992
Brachygonus dubius Platia & Cate, 1990
Brachygonus megerlei Lacordaire, 1835
Brachygonus ruficeps Mulsant & Gu..., 1855
Calambus bipustulatus Linnaeus, 1758
Campylomorphus homalisinus Illiger, 1807
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) asellus Erichson, 1840
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) biguttatus A. G. Olivier, 1790
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) collaris Erichson, 1840
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) convexithorax Desbrochers ..., 1869
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) discicollis Herbst, 1806
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) ebeninus Germar, 1824
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) gramineus Scopoli, 1763
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) nigerrimus Erichson, 1840
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) ruficollis Linnaeus, 1758
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) rufipes Goeze, 1777
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) vestigialis Erichson, 1840
Cardiophorus atramentarius (Erichson, 1840)⇒ Cardiophorus vestigialis Erichson, 1840
Cardiophorus erichsoni (Buysson, 1901)⇒ Cardiophorus vestigialis Erichson, 1840
Cidnopus aeruginosus Olivier, 1790
Cidnopus pilosus Leske, 1785
Cidnopus pseudopilosus Platia & Gud..., 1985Greenhouse stone cricket
Conoderus amplicollis Gyllenhal, 1833Gulf wireworm
Conoderus lividus DeGeer, 1774
Conoderus xysticus Candeze, 1859
Crepidophorus mutilatus Rosenhauer, 1847
Ctenicera bonomii Binaghi, 1940
Ctenicera cuprea Fabricius, 1781
Ctenicera doderoi Binaghi, 1940
Ctenicera heyeri Saxesen, 1838
Ctenicera pectinicornis Linnaeus, 1758
Ctenicera virens Schrank, 1781
Dalopius marginatus Linnaeus, 1758
Danosoma conspersum Gyllenhal, 1808
Danosoma fasciata Linnaeus, 1758
Danosoma fasciatum Linnaeus, 1758
Denticollis linearis Linnaeus, 1758
Denticollis rubens Piller & Mit..., 1783
Diacanthous undulatus De Geer, 1774
Dicronychus cinereus Herbst, 1784
Dicronychus equiseti (Herbst, 1784)⇒ Dicronychus equisetioides Lohse, 1976
Dicronychus equisetioides Lohse, 1976
Dicronychus equisetoides (Lohse, 1976)⇒ Dicronychus equisetioides Lohse, 1976
Dicronychus rubripes Germar, 1824
Dicronychus versicolor Mulsant & Gu..., 1856
Drapetes (Drapetes) mordelloides Host, 1789
Drilus concolor Ahrens, 1812
Drilus flavescens Olivier, 1790
Drymelater aulacoderus Elston, 1929
Dysarestus vetustus Heer, 1865
Eanus (Eanus) guttatus Germar, 1817
Ectinus aterrimus Linnaeus, 1761
Elater (Elater) ferrugineus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Betarmon bisbimaculatus Fabricius, 1803
Elater ferrugineus ferrugineus Linnaeus, 1758
Elater bimaculatus (Van Dyke, 1932)⇒ Ampedus yushiroi W. Suzuki, 1985
Elaterites amissus O. Heer, 1847
Elathous bicolor LeConte, 1853
Fleutiauxellus (Fleutiauxellus) maritimus Curtis, 1840
Glaphyropterites depressus Heer, 1852
Glaphyropterodes gehreti Heer, 1852
Haplotarsus incanus Gyllenhal, 1827
Hemicrepidius (Athous) hirtus Herbst, 1784
Hemicrepidius (Hemicrepidius) hirtus Herbst, 1784
Hemicrepidius (Hemicrepidius) niger (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Hemicrepidius hirtus Herbst, 1784
Hemiops chinensis Germar, 1843
Hypnoidus consobrinus (Mulsant & Gu..., 1855)⇒ Hypnoidus rivularius Gyllenhal, 1808
Hypnoidus riparius Fabricius, 1792
Hypnoidus rivularius Gyllenhal, 1808
Hypnoidus rivularius rivularius ainu Ôhira &..., 1994
Hypoganus inunctus Lacordaire, 1835
Idolus picipennis Bach, 1854
Ischnodes sanguinicollis Panzer, 1793
Ischnodes sanguinicollis sanguinicollis Panzer, 1793
Isidus moreli Mulsant & Rey, 1875
Lacon lepidopterus Panzer, 1801
Lacon modestus Boisduval, 1835Click beetle
Lacon punctatus Herbst, 1779
Lacon punctatus punctatus oblongus Del..., 1931
Lacon querceus Herbst, 1784Oak Click Beetle
Limoniscus violaceus P. W. J. Mül..., 1821Violet click beetle
Limonius (Limonius) minutus Linnaeus, 1758
Limonius (Limonius) poneli Leseigneur &..., 2007
Liotrichus (Liotrichus) affinis Paykull, 1800
Megapenthes lugens Redtenbacher, 1842The Queen's Executioner
Megathous nigerrimus Desbrochers ..., 1869
Melanotus (Melanotus) brunnipes Germar, 1824
Melanotus (Melanotus) castanipes Paykull, 1800
Melanotus (Melanotus) cinerascens Küster, 1851
Melanotus (Melanotus) crassicollis Erichson, 1841
Melanotus (Melanotus) dichrous Erichson, 1841Click beetle
Melanotus (Melanotus) fusciceps Gyllenhal, 1817
Melanotus (Melanotus) niger Lee, 1998
Melanotus (Melanotus) punctolineatus Pelerin, 1829Sandwich Click Beetle
Melanotus (Melanotus) sobrinus Ménétriés, 1832
Melanotus (Melanotus) tenebrosus Erichson, 1841
Melanotus (Melanotus) villosus (Geoffroy, 1785)⇒ Melanotus fusciceps Gyllenhal, 1817
Melanotus (Spheniscosomus) sulcicollis Mulsant & Gu..., 1855
Melanotus rufipes Herbst, 1784
Metanomus infuscatus Eschscholtz, 1829
Negastrius pulchellus Linnaeus, 1758
Negastrius sabulicola Boheman, 1854
Neopristilophus insitivus Germar, 1824
Nothodes parvulus Panzer, 1799
Oedostethus quadripustulatus Fabricius, 1792
Oedostethus tenuicornis Germar, 1824
Orithales serraticornis Paykull, 1800
Orithales serraticornis serraticornis Paykull, 1800
Paracardiophorus granarius Candeze, 1889
Paracardiophorus musculus Erichson, 1840
Paraphotistus (Paraphotistus) impressus Fabricius, 1792
Paraphotistus impressus impressus
Paraphotistus (Setasomus) nigricornis Panzer, 1799
Pheletes aeneoniger DeGeer, 1774
Pheletes quercus A. G. Olivier, 1790
Podeonius acuticornis Germar, 1824
Poemnites (Poemnites) aeratus Mulsant & Gu..., 1856
Porthmidius austriacus Schrank, 1781
Procraerus (Procraerus) tibialis Lacordaire, 1835
Prosternon chrysocomum Germar, 1843
Prosternon tessellatum Linnaeus, 1758Chequered Click Beetle
Pseudanostirus globicollis Germar, 1843
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 melancholicus melancholicus Fabricius, 1798
Selatosomus (Selatosomus) aeneus Linnaeus, 1758
Selatosomus (Selatosomus) amplicollis Germar, 1843
Selatosomus (Selatosomus) confluens Gebler, 1830
Selatosomus confluens confluens rugosus Germar, 1836
Selatosomus confluens rugosus Germar, 1835
Selatosomus (Selatosomus) gravidus (Germar, 1843)⇒ Selatosomus latus Fabricius, 1801
Selatosomus (Selatosomus) latus Fabricius, 1801
Sericus (Sericoderma) subaeneus Redtenbacher, 1842
Sericus (Sericus) brunneus Linnaeus, 1759
Sericus brunneus brunneus Linnaeus, 1758
Sericus (Sericus) clarus (Gurjeva, 1972)⇒ Sericus sulcipennis Buysson, 1893
Sericus sulcipennis Buysson, 1893
Stenagostus rhombeus Olivier, 1808
Stenagostus rufus DeGeer, 1774
Synaptus filiformis Fabricius, 1781Hairy Click Beetle
Zorochros (Zorochros) alysidotus Kiesenwetter, 1858
Zorochros (Zorochros) boubersi Leseigneur, 1970
Zorochros (Zorochros) demustoides Herbst, 1806
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) ibericus Franz, 1967
Zorochros (Zorochros) meridionalis Laporte, 1840
Zorochros (Zorochros) pumilio Kiesenwetter, 1858
Zorochros (Zorochros) quadriguttatus (Laporte, 1840)⇒ Zorochros minimus Boisduval & ..., 1835
Zorochros (Zorochros) trigonochirus Binaghi, 1933
Zorochros minimus Boisduval & ..., 1835

Subnodes of Elateridae with occurrences in Switzerland
SubfamilyAgrypninae
Candeze, 1857
9
18
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCardiophorinae
Candeze, 1860
4
21
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDendrometrinae
Gistel, 1856
12
36
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDenticollinae
Stein & Weise, 1877
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyElaterinae
Leach, 1815
21
85
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLissominae
Laporte, 1835
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyNegastriinae
Nakane & Kishii, 1956
5
18
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPhysodactylinae
Lacordaire, 1857
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyProsterninae
Gistel, 1856
19
41
Genera
Species

Taxom



Elateridae (Leach 1815)
Elateridae (Leach 1815)


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