English species names of Family Elateridae (Click Beetle)

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Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
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Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
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English species names of Family Elateridae Leach, 1815
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles, Skipjacks, Snapping beetles, Spring beetles, Wireworm, Wireworms

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	4179 190570 2444470	Families Genera Species
Order	Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Beetles, Coleopterans	592 62779 813516	Families Genera Species
Family	Elateridae Leach, 1815 Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles	1409 20501	Genera Species


A
Abbreviated wireworm	Hypnoidus abbreviatus Say, 1823
Apache Click Beetle	Chalcolepidius apacheanus Casey, 1891
Arboreal Click Beetles	Euthysanius LeConte, 1853

B
Barley wireworm	Agriotes fuscicollis Miwa, 1928
Barn orbweaver	Melanoxanthus madagascariensis Fleutiaux, 1932
Beetle	Monocrepidius flavicans Candèze, 1878
Bipectinate Click Beetle	Pityobius anguinus LeConte, 1853
Black-and-white Click Beetle	Chalcolepidius webbi LeConte, 1854
Blind Click Beetle	Alaus myops Fabricius, 1801
Brown click beetle	Horistonotus uhlerii G. Horn, 1871
Brown Wireworms	Mulsanteus Gozis, 1875

C
Carbunco	Pyrophorus nyctophanus Germar, 1841
Carbunco	Pyrophorus divergens Eschscholtz, 1829
Cardinal click beetle	Ampedus sanguineus Linnaeus, 1758
Cardinal Click Beetle	Ampedus cardinalis Schiödte, 1865
Chequered Click Beetle	Prosternon tessellatum Linnaeus, 1758
Chestnut Click Beetle	Anostirus castaneus Linnaeus, 1758
Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Anostirus castaneus Linnaeus, 1758
Click beetle	Heteroderes azoricus Tarnier, 1860
Click beetle	Conoderus rufidens Fabricius, 1801
Click beetle	Agriotes sordidus Illiger, 1807
Click beetle	Melanotus dichrous Erichson, 1841
Click beetle	Conoderus bifoveatus Palisot de Beauvois, 1807
Click beetle	Athous pomboi Platia & Borges, 2003
Click beetle	Prodrasterius collaris Candeze, 1859
Click beetle	Conoderus eveillsrdi Leguillou, 1844
Click Beetle	Melanotus (Melanotus) Schwarz, 1892
Click beetle	Melanotus punctosinus Cate, Platia & Schimmel, 2002
Click beetle	Conoderus exsul Sharp, 1877
Click Beetle	Melanotus Schwarz, 1892
Click beetle	Brachylacon beardsleyi Ohira & Becker, 1978
Click beetle	Athous azoricus Platia & Gudenzi, 2002
Click beetle	Rismethus scobinula Candeze, 1857
Click beetle	Melanoxanthus melanocephalus Fabricius, 1781
Click beetle	Cardiophorus stolatus Erichson, 1840
Click beetle	Conoderus falli Lane, 1956
Click beetle	Agriotes obscurus Linnaeus, 1758
Click beetle	Chalcolepidius erythroloma Candeze, 1857
Click beetle	Conoderus pallipes Eschscholtz, 1829
Click beetle	Lacon modestus Boisduval, 1835
Click Beetle	Athous haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1801
Click beetle	Simodactylus cinnamomeus Boisduval, 1835
Click beetle	Conoderus posticus Eschscholtz, 1822
Click Beetles	Agriotes lineatus Linnaeus, 1767
Click beetles	Melanotus (Melanotus) Schwarz, 1892
Click beetles	Melanotus Schwarz, 1892
Clown Frog	Atelopus varius Lichtenstein & Martens, 1856
Columbia Basin wireworm	Limonius subauratus LeConte, 1853
Common click beetle	Agriotes sputator Linnaeus, 1758
Common wireworm	Melanotus fissilis Say, 1836
Common wireworm	Melanotus communis Gyllenhal, 1817
Corn and cotton wireworm	Horistonotus uhlerii G. Horn, 1871
Corn wireworm	Melanotus cribulosus LeConte, 1853
Corn wireworm	Melanotus communis Gyllenhal, 1817
Cucubano	Pyrophorus luminosus Illiger, 1807
Cucujo	Pyrophorus noctilucus Linnaeus, 1758
Curved click beetle	Athous campyloides Newman, 1833

D
Dark Brown Click Beetle	Limonius (Limonius) Eschscholtz, 1829
Dark Brown Click Beetle	Limonius Eschscholtz, 1829
Dark click beetle	Agriotes obscurus Linnaeus, 1758
Dark elaterid beetle	Agriotes obscurus Linnaeus, 1758
Drilid beetles	Drilini Blanchard, 1845
Dry land wireworm	Ctenicera glauca
Dryland wireworm	Ctenicera glauca
Dusky wireworm	Agriotes obscurus Linnaeus, 1758

E
Eastern Eyed Click Beetle	Alaus oculatus Linnaeus, 1756
Eastern field wireworm	Limonius agonus Say, 1834
Eastern-Eyed Click Beetle	Alaus oculatus Linnaeus, 1756
Elaters	Melanotus (Melanotus) Schwarz, 1892
Elaters	Melanotus Schwarz, 1892
Eyed Click Beetle	Alaus oculatus Linnaeus, 1756
Eyed Click Beetles	Alaus Eschscholtz, 1829

F
False firefly beetles	Drilini Blanchard, 1845
Fire beetle	Pyrophorus noctilucus Linnaeus, 1758

G
Garden click beetle	Athous haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1801
Garden ghost spider	Agrypnus sinuatus Candeze, 1857
Garden wireworm	Athous haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1801
Giant Acacia Click Beetle	Tetralobus flabellicornis Linnaeus, 1767
Giant predatory click beetle	Paracalais gibboni Newman, 1857
Giant Predatory Click Beetle	Cryptalaus gibboni Newman, 1857
Gladiolus wireworm	Ctenicera lobata
Glowing Click Beetles	Deilelater Costa, 1975
Great Basin wireworm	Ctenicera noxia
Great Basin wireworm	Ctenicera pruinina
Great Basin Wireworm	Selatosomus pruininus G. Horn, 1871
Great click beetle	Alaus prosectus Candeze, 1857
Green Click Beetle	Nitidolimonius resplendens Eschscholtz, 1829
Greenhouse stone cricket	Cidnopus pseudopilosus Platia & Gudenzi, 1985
Gulf wireworm	Conoderus amplicollis Gyllenhal, 1833
Gulf Wireworm	Heteroderes amplicollis Gyllenhal, 1817

H
Hairy Click Beetle	Synaptus filiformis Fabricius, 1781
Hatch´s Click Beetle	Eanus hatchi Lane, 1938
Hawaiian sugarcane wireworm	Conoderus exsul Sharp, 1877
Headlight Beetle	Pyrophorus nyctophanus Germar, 1841
Headlight Beetle	Pyrophorus divergens Eschscholtz, 1829
Headlight Elater	Pyrophorus noctilucus Linnaeus, 1758

L
Lined click beetle	Agriotes lineatus Linnaeus, 1767
Little brown click beetle	Agriotes limosus LeConte, 1853
Luminescent Click Beetle	Deilelater physoderus Germar, 1841

M
Marbled Click Beetle	Lacon marmoratus Fabricius, 1801
Marsh Click Beetle	Actenicerus cuprascens LeConte, 1853
Marsh Click Beetle	Actenicerus sjaelandicus Müller, 1764
Meadow wireworm	Dalopius lateralis Eschscholtz, 1829
Meadow wireworm	Ctenicera cylindriformis Herbst, 1806
Mousegrey click beetle	Agrypnus murinus Linnaeus, 1758

N
Nadezhda's click beetle	Negastrius nadezhadae Dolin, 1971
Noble Click Beetle	Selatosomus pulcher LeConte, 1853
Northern grain wireworm	Ctenicera aeripennis destructor

O
Oak Click Beetle	Lacon querceus Herbst, 1784
Oregon wireworm	Melanotus longulus oregonensis LeConte, 1853

P
Pacific Coast wireworm	Limonius canus LeConte, 1853
Panamanian Golden Frog	Atelopus varius Lichtenstein & Martens, 1856
Pasture Wireworm	Heteroderes exsul
Potato wireworm	Dalopius lateralis Eschscholtz, 1829
Potato wireworm	Hapatesus hirtus Candeze, 1863
Prairie grain wireworm	Ctenicera aeripennis Kirby, 1837
Prairie grain wireworm	Ctenicera aeripennis destructor
Prairie grain wireworm	Ctenicera destructor
Propelling Click Beetle	Pseudanostirus propolus LeConte, 1853
Puget Sound wireworm	Ctenicera aeripennis aeripennis
Puget Sound wireworm	Ctenicera aeripennis Kirby, 1837

R
Rain Click Beetles	Scaptolenus LeConte, 1853
Red-brown click beetle	Athous haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1801
Red-brown Skipjack	Athous haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1801
Red-headed Click Beetle	Ampedus rubricus Say, 1825
Red-horned Cardinal Click Beetle	Ampedus rufipennis Stephens, 1830
Red-necked click beetle	Ampedus collaris Say, 1825
Resplendent Click Beetle	Nitidolimonius resplendens Eschscholtz, 1829

S
Sand Wireworm	Horistonotus uhleri
Sand wireworm	Horistonotus uhlerii G. Horn, 1871
Sandwich Click Beetle	Melanotus punctolineatus Pelerin, 1829
Skipjacks	Melanotus (Melanotus) Schwarz, 1892
Skipjacks	Melanotus Schwarz, 1892
Smalleyed click beetle	Alaus myops Fabricius, 1801
Snapping beetles	Melanotus (Melanotus) Schwarz, 1892
Snapping beetles	Melanotus Schwarz, 1892
Southern Potato Wireworm	Heteroderes falli
Southern potato wireworm	Conoderus falli Lane, 1956
Southwestern Eyed Click Beetle	Alaus zunianus Casey, 1893
Spring beetles	Melanotus Schwarz, 1892
Spring beetles	Melanotus (Melanotus) Schwarz, 1892
Starbellied orbweaver	Dicronychus crassipes
Striped elaterid beetle	Agriotes lineatus Linnaeus, 1767
Sugarbeet wireworm	Limonius californicus Mannerheim, 1843
Sugarcane wireworm	Agrypnus variabilis Candeze, 1857
Sweet Click Beetle	Aeolus mellillus Say, 1836
Sweet-potato wireworm	Melanotus caudex Lewis, 1879

T
Texas Click Beetle	Alaus lusciosus Hope, 1832
The Queen's Executioner	Megapenthes lugens Redtenbacher, 1842
Three-spotted Click Beetle	Pseudanostirus triundulatus Randall, 1838
Threespotted click beetle	Ctenicera triundulata
Tobacco wireworm	Conoderus vespertinus Fabricius, 1801
Turret spider	Agrypnus impressus Candeze, 1878
Two-spotted Click Beetle	Pseudanostirus propolus LeConte, 1853

V
Variegated click beetle	Paracalais prosectus Candeze, 1857
Violet click beetle	Limoniscus violaceus P. W. J. Müller, 1821
Violet Dickbettle	Limoniscus violaceus P. W. J. Müller, 1821

W
Western Eyed Click Beetle	Alaus melanops LeConte, 1863
Western field wireworm	Limonius infuscatus Motschulsky, 1859
Western wireworm	Agriotes sparsus LeConte, 1884
Wheat wireworm	Agriotes mancus Say, 1823
Wireworm	Conoderus rufangulus Fairmaire, 1849
Wireworm	Conoderus auritus Herbst, 1806
Wireworm	Athous pomboi Platia & Borges, 2003
Wireworm	Agriotes lineatus Linnaeus, 1767
Wireworm	Athous azoricus Platia & Gudenzi, 2002

Z
Zuni Click Beetle	Alaus zunianus Casey, 1893

Links, sources and further information

Elateridae at artfakta.se
Elateridae at dyntaxa.se
Elateridae at gbif.org
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