Checklist for Infraorder Elateriformia Crowson, 1960
and region Cape (Republic South Africa)
List of families for Cape
14 Families width 382 Species and 2 Subspecies | Buprestidae Leach, 1815 | Flat-headed wood-borers | 202 | Species | Taxom | | Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856 | Cantharids | 23 | Species | Taxom | | Dryopidae Billberg, 1820 | Long toed water beetle | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Elateridae Leach, 1815 | Click Beetle | 72 | Species | Taxom | | Elmidae Curtis, 1830 | Drive beetles | 36 | Species | Taxom | | Eucnemidae Eschscholtz, 1829 | Click Beetles | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Heteroceridae MacLeay, 1825 | Mud beetles | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Lampyridae Latreille, 1817 | Fireflies | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Limnichidae Erichson, 1846 | Minute marsh loving beetle | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lycidae Laporte, 1836 | Lycid beetles | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Psephenidae Lacordaire, 1854 | Water pennies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhipiceridae Latreille, 1834 | Cedar beetles | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Scirtidae Fleming, 1821 | Marsh Beetle | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Throscidae Laporte, 1840 | False metallic wood-boring beetles | 3 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Elateriformia with occurrences in Cape | Superfamily | Buprestoidea
Leach, 1815
Jewel Beetles, Metallic Wood Boring Beetles, Metallic wood-boring beetles | 1
49
202 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Dascilloidea
Guérin-Méneville, 1843
Dascillids, Soft-bodied Plant and Cicada Parasite Beetles | 1
3
6 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Dryopoidea
Hunt & al., 2007
| 5
28
54 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles, Soldier Beetles | 6
68
113 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Scirtoidea
Fleming, 1821
Clambids, Plate-thigh and Marsh Beetles | 1
7
7 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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