Checklist for Infraorder Elateriformia Crowson, 1960
and region Congo (Central Africa)
List of families for Congo
13 Families width 389 Species and 5 Subspecies | Buprestidae Leach, 1815 | Flat-headed wood-borers | 46 | Species | Taxom | | Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856 | Cantharids | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Dryopidae Billberg, 1820 | Long toed water beetle | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Elateridae Leach, 1815 | Click Beetle | 183 | Species | Taxom | | Elmidae Curtis, 1830 | Drive beetles | 51 | Species | Taxom | | Eulichadidae Crowson, 1973 | Forest stream beetle | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heteroceridae MacLeay, 1825 | Mud beetles | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Limnichidae Erichson, 1846 | Minute marsh loving beetle | 24 | Species | Taxom | | Lycidae Laporte, 1836 | Lycid beetles | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Psephenidae Lacordaire, 1854 | Water pennies | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Ptilodactylidae Laporte, 1836 | Ptilodactylid beetles | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Scirtidae Fleming, 1821 | Marsh Beetle | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Throscidae Laporte, 1840 | False metallic wood-boring beetles | 26 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Elateriformia with occurrences in Congo | Superfamily | Buprestoidea
Leach, 1815
Jewel Beetles, Metallic Wood Boring Beetles, Metallic wood-boring beetles | 1
14
46 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Byrrhoidea
Latreille, 1804
Byrrhids, Pill Beetles, Water Beetles and Toe-winged Beetles | 1
1
1 | Family
Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Dryopoidea
Hunt & al., 2007
| 6
30
107 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles, Soldier Beetles | 4
49
232 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Scirtoidea
Fleming, 1821
Clambids, Plate-thigh and Marsh Beetles | 1
3
3 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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