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Checklist for Family Elateridae Leach, 1815 (Click Beetle)
and region Trinidad and Tobago (Caribbean islands)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
401
3514
6584
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
400
3513
6582
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
385
3451
6458
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
243
2759
5315
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
64
698
1150
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
60
644
1064
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
15
66
123
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles
7
41
67
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyElateridae
Leach, 1815
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles
24
45
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Trinidad and Tobago
24 Genera with 45 Species
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Agriotes Eschscholtz, 19673SpeciesTaxom
Agrypnella Champion, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Agrypnus Eschscholtz, 1829
0SpeciesTaxom
Ampedus Dejean, 19482SpeciesTaxom
Cardiophorus Eschscholtz, 20015SpeciesTaxom
Chalcolepidius Eschscholtz, 17877SpeciesTaxom
Chalcolepidus Woodworth, 1913
0SpeciesTaxom
Chalcolepis Candeze, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Conoderus Eschscholtz, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Dicronychus Brullé, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Drapetes Dejean, 19751SpeciesTaxom
Hemicrepidius Germar, 18061SpeciesTaxom
Heteroderes Latreille, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Ignelater Costa, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Lacon Laporte, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Lygelater Costa, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Melanotus Schwarz, 1886Click Beetle5SpeciesTaxom
Mulsanteus Gozis, 1887Brown Wireworms3SpeciesTaxom
Parabuprestium Handlirsch, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Paraphotistus Kishii, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Pleonomus Ménétriés, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Pyrophorus Illiger, 18403SpeciesTaxom
Semiotus Eschscholtz, 20071SpeciesTaxom
Zorochros C.G. Thomson, 19633SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Trinidad and Tobago
45 Species
Agriotes (Agriotes) meticulosus Candeze, 1863
Agriotes (Agriotes) oxianus Iablokoff-Kh..., 1970
Agriotes (Agriotes) tadzhikistanicus Gurjeva, 1967
Agrypnella squamifer Candeze, 1865
Ampedus (Ampedus) lateritius Dolin & Prot..., 1965
Ampedus (Ampedus) ogloblini Denisova, 1948
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) discicollis Herbst, 1806
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) mesasiaticus Dolin & Latifi, 1997
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) mutabilis Gurjeva, 1966
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) nigricollis Erichson, 1840
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) syriacoides Platia & Cate, 2001
Chalcolepidius cyaneus Candeze, 1881
Chalcolepidius fabricii Erichson, 1841
Chalcolepidius lafargi Chevrolat, 1835
Chalcolepidius limbatus Eschscholtz, 1829
Chalcolepidius obscurus Laporte, 1836
Chalcolepidius porcatus Linnaeus, 1767
Chalcolepidius virens Fabricius, 1787
Chalcolepis similis Casari, 2000
Conoderus rufescens Candeze, 1859
Dicronychus blandus Solsky, 1881
Drapetes (Drapetes) trinidensis Cobos, 1975
Hemicrepidius (Hemicrepidius) memnonius Herbst, 1806
Heteroderes heydeni Reitter, 1891
Ignelater havaniensis Laporte, 1840
Lacon funebris Solsky, 1881
Lygelater ignitus Fabricius, 1787
Melanotus (Melanotus) acuminatus Reitter, 1891
Melanotus (Melanotus) avitus Candeze, 1886
Melanotus (Melanotus) heydeni Schwarz, 1892
Melanotus (Melanotus) imitator Dolin, 1997
Melanotus (Melanotus) morbosus Candeze, 1886
Mulsanteus darlingtoni Ball & Maddison, 1987
Mulsanteus physorhinus Candeze, 1863
Mulsanteus turanicus Reitter, 1887
Parabuprestium teleas Westwood, 1854
Paraphotistus (Mosotalesus) impressoides Reitter, 1901
Pleonomus laticornis Reitter, 1900
Pyrophorus mellifluus Costa, 1972
Pyrophorus noctilucus Linnaeus, 1758Cucujo
Pyrophorus phosphorescens Laporte, 1840
Semiotus trinitensis Wells, 2007
Zorochros (Zorochros) aequicollis Reitter, 1895
Zorochros (Zorochros) mesasiaticus Dolin, 1995
Zorochros (Zorochros) murinoides Gurjeva, 1963

Subnodes of Elateridae with occurrences in Trinidad and Tobago
SubfamilyAgrypninae
Candeze, 1857
9
16
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyAplastinae
Stibick, 1979
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCardiophorinae
Candeze, 1860
3
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDendrometrinae
Gistel, 1856
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDenticollinae
Stein & Weise, 1877
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyElaterinae
Leach, 1815
4
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLissominae
Laporte, 1835
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyNegastriinae
Nakane & Kishii, 1956
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyProsterninae
Gistel, 1856
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