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Checklist for Family Elateridae Leach, 1815 (Click Beetle)
and region Tamil Nadu (South India, India)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
287
2180
4314
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
286
2178
4312
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
271
2122
4231
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
172
1642
3307
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
48
561
1285
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
44
510
1183
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
8
33
37
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles
3
14
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyElateridae
Leach, 1815
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles
10
18
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Tamil Nadu
10 Genera with 18 Species
Campsosternus Latreille, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Compresselater Platia & Gud..., 20061SpeciesTaxom
Dicronychus Brullé, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Elater minutus Linn..., 19972SpeciesTaxom
Priopus Laporte, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Procraerus Reitter, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Quasimus des Gozis, 20013SpeciesTaxom
Silesis Candeze, 20005SpeciesTaxom
Xanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Zorochros C.G. Thomson, 19982SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tamil Nadu
18 Species
Campsosternus ornatus Bouwer, 1993
Compresselater bicolor Platia & Gud..., 2006
Dicronychus separatus Fleutiaux, 1931
Elater (Elater) karikalensis Schimmel, 1997
Elater (Elater) uhligi Schimmel, 1997
Priopus riesei Platia & Sch..., 1995
Procraerus (Procraerus) angustus Schimmel, 2003
Quasimus (Miquasus) convexicollis Dolin, 2001
Quasimus (Miquasus) pacholatkoi Dolin, 2001
Quasimus (Quasimus) indicus Dolin, 2001
Silesis butleri Platia & Sch..., 2000
Silesis campbelli Platia & Sch..., 2000
Silesis lorenzi Platia & Sch..., 2000
Silesis quadrimaculatus Platia & Sch..., 1991
Silesis tamilensis Platia & Sch..., 2000
Xanthopenthes bartolozzii Schimmel, 1998
Zorochros (Zorochros) ecarinatus Dolin, 1999
Zorochros (Zorochros) mussardi Dolin & Cate, 1998

Subnodes of Elateridae with occurrences in Tamil Nadu
SubfamilyCardiophorinae
Candeze, 1860
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDenticollinae
Stein & Weise, 1877
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyElaterinae
Leach, 1815
6
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyNegastriinae
Nakane & Kishii, 1956
2
5
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