Checklist for Infraorder Elateriformia Crowson, 1960
and region Cretaceous (Mesozoic)
List of families for Cretaceous
17 Families width 135 Species | Buprestidae Leach, 1815 | Flat-headed wood-borers | 60 | Species | Taxom | | Elateridae Leach, 1815 | Click Beetle | 32 | Species | Taxom | | Ptilodactylidae Laporte, 1836 | Ptilodactylid beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cerophytidae Latreille, 1834 | Cerophytid beetles | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856 | Cantharids | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Lasiosynidae Kirejtshuk, ..., 2010 | | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Eulichadidae Crowson, 1973 | Forest stream beetle | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dascillidae Guérin-Ménev..., 1843 | Orchid beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Elodophthalmidae Kirejtshuk &..., 2008 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Chelonariidae Blanchard, 1845 | Chelonarid beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Byrrhidae Latreille, 1804 | Moss beetles | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Heteroceridae MacLeay, 1825 | Mud beetles | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Scirtidae Fleming, 1821 | Marsh Beetle | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Schizopodidae LeConte, 1859 | False Jewel Beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eucnemidae Eschscholtz, 1829 | Click Beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Throscidae Laporte, 1840 | False metallic wood-boring beetles | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lampyridae Latreille, 1817 | Fireflies | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Genera for Cretaceous
83 Genera with 135 Species #ABCDEFHKLMOPRSTU
| Acmaeodera Eschscholtz, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Acmaeoderimorpha Alekseev, 1996 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Agrilium Westwood, 1854 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Andakhudukia Alexeev, 2008 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anoixis Townes, 2010 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aphebodactyla Chatzimanoli..., 2012 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aphytocerus Zherikhin, 1977 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Apoclion Chang & al., 2010 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Apocritites Rasnitsyn & ..., 1998 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Archaeomalthodes Hsiao & al., 2016 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Artematopodites Ponomarenko, 1995 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Baissophytum Chang & al., 2011 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Baissopsis Kirejtshuk, 2011 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Biadelater Handlirsch, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bilineariselater Chang & Ren, 2008 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Brevista Alexeev, 1995 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Buprestium Westwood, 1854 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Crassisyne Yan & al., 2014 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cretalbiana Alexeev, 2013 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cretasyne Yan & al., 2013 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cretatermes Emerson, 1967 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cretocrassisoma Alexeev, 1993 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cretodascillus Jin & al., 2013 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cretoelaterium Alexeev, 2008 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cretoelegantella Alexeev, 1993 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cretofalselaterium Alexeev, 2008 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cretofrontolina Alexeev, 2009 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cretogermen Alexeev, 2008 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cretopoena Alexeev, 2008 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cretothyrea Alexeev, 1996 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cryptocoelus Dolin & Nel, 2011 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Ctenicerium Westwood, 1854 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Curtelater Chang & Ren, 2008 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Desmatinus Chang & al., 2010 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dicercoptera Alexeev, 1993 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dzeregia Ponomarenko, 1990 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Elater minutus Linn..., 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Elaterium Westwood, 1854 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Elodophthalmus Kirejtshuk &..., 2008 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Eochelonarium Kirejtshuk, 2013 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Fangshanella Huang & Zhang, 1997 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Fengningia Hong, 1984 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heterocerites Ponomarenko, 2011 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Kzylordynia Alexeev, 1995 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lasiosyne Tan, Ren & Shih, 2012 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Lebanophytum Kirejtshuk &..., 2008 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lidryops Kirejtshuk &..., 2016 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lithomerus Dolin, 2002 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lomatus Murray, 1860 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Macronotus Hong & Wang, 1990 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mesernobius Engel, 2010 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mesobyrrhus Huang & Zhang, 1997 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Mesoschizopus Cai & al., 2015 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mesosimplocaria Ponomarenko, 1990 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Metabuprestium Alexeev, 1996 | | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Micrelaterium Handlirsch, 1854 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Microcoleus Hong, 1982 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Microsyne Yan & al., 2014 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mongoligena Alekseev, 1993 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Mongoligenula Yu & al., 2015 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Mongolobuprestis Alekseev, 1993 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Myamalycocerus Fanti & Elle..., 2016 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ornatomalthinus Poinar & Fanti, 2016 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Palaeoxenus Horn, 2016 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paleas Alekseev, 1993 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parabuprestium Handlirsch, 1854 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Paradesmatus Chang & al., 2010 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paragrilium Handlirsch, 1854 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paralithomerus Chang & al., 2008 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Paramongoligena Alekseev, 1993 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Planocoleus Hong, 1986 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pollostelater Alexeev, 2011 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Potergosoma Kovalev & Ki..., 2013 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Protoluciola Kazantsev, 2015 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudochrysobothris Alekseev, 1985 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudomongoligena Alexeev, 2000 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhomboaspis Kovalev & Ki..., 2013 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sinoelaterium Ping, 1928 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stigmoderimorpha Alekseev, 1993 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sunocarabus Hong, 1987 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trapezitergum Yu & al., 2013 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Turonelater Alexeev, 2011 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Umerata Alekseev, 1993 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Cretaceous
135 Species | Acmaeodera burmitina Cockerell, 1917 | | | Acmaeoderimorpha emersa ♰ A. V. Alexeev, 1996 | | | Agrilium cyllabacus ♰ J. O. Westwood, 1854 | | | Agrilium cyllarus ♰ J. O. Westwood, 1854 | | | Agrilium stomphax ♰ J. O. Westwood, 1854 | | | Agrilium strombus ♰ J. O. Westwood, 1854 | | | Andakhudukia ponomarenkoi ♰ Alexeev, 2008 | Jewel Beetle | | Anoixis complanus ♰ H. L. Chang, 2010 | | | Aphebodactyla rhetine ♰ S. Chatziman..., 2012 | | | Aphytocerus communis ♰ Zherikhin, 1977 | | | Aphytocerus dolganicus ♰ V. V. Zherikhin, 1977 | | | Apoclion antennatus ♰ H. L. Chang, 2010 | | | Apoclion clavatus ♰ H. L. Chang, 2010 | | | Apoclion dolini ♰ H. L. Chang, 2010 | | | Apocritites distinctus ♰ A. P. Rasnitsyn, 1998 | | | Archaeomalthodes rosetta Hsiao & al., 2016 | | | Artematopodites leskoviensis ♰ A. G. Ponoma..., 1990 | | | Artematopodites major ♰ A. G. Ponoma..., 1990 | | | Artematopodites shaanbeiensis ♰ Y. C. Hong, 1995 | | | Baissophytum convexum Chang & al., 2011 | | | Baissophytum convexus ♰ H. L. Chang, 2011 | | | Baissopsis amplus ♰ H. L. Chang, 2011 | | | Biadelater werneri ♰ Giebel, 1856 | | | Bilineariselater foveatus ♰ Chang & Ren, 2008 | | | Brevista zherichini ♰ Alexeev, 1995 | | | Buprestium gorgus ♰ J. O. Westwood, 1854 | | | Crassisyne ampla ♰ E. V. Yan, 2014 | | | Cretalbiana major ♰ A. V. Alexeev, 2013 | | | Cretalbiana sukatshevae ♰ A. V. Alexeev, 2013 | | | Cretasyne lata ♰ E. V. Yan, 2013 | | | Cretasyne longa ♰ E. V. Yan, 2013 | | | Cretatermes carpenteri ♰ A. E. Emerson, 1967 | | | Cretocrassisoma indistinctum ♰ A. V. Alekseev, 1993 | | | Cretodascillus sinensis ♰ Z. Y. Jin, 2013 | | | Cretoelaterium kazanovense ♰ Alexeev, 2008 | | | Cretoelegantella ponomarenkoi ♰ A. V. Alekseev, 1993 | | | Cretofalselaterium baiankhongoricum Alexeev, 2008 | | | Cretofrontolina kzyldzharica ♰ A. V. Alexeev, 2009 | | | Cretogermen turonicum Alexeev, 2008 | | | Cretopoena gratshevi ♰ Alexeev, 2008 | | | Cretothyrea optanda ♰ Alexeev, 1996 | | | Cryptocoelus baissensis ♰ A. V. Alexeev, 2011 | | | Cryptocoelus buffoni ♰ Dolin & Nel, 2002 | | | Cryptocoelus dolini ♰ A. V. Alexeev, 2011 | | | Cryptocoelus gianteus ♰ H. L. Chang, 2007 | | | Cryptocoelus lukashevichae ♰ A. V. Alexeev, 2011 | | | Cryptocoelus major ♰ Dolin & Nel, 2002 | | | Cryptocoelus shcherbakovi ♰ A. V. Alexeev, 2011 | | | Cryptocoelus sinitshenkovae ♰ A. V. Alexeev, 2011 | | | Ctenicerium blissus ♰ J. O. Westwood, 1854 | | | Ctenicerium gigas ♰ A. Handlirsch, 1906 | | | Ctenicerium hylastes ♰ J. O. Westwood, 1854 | | | Ctenicerium stygnus ♰ J. O. Westwood, 1854 | | | Ctenicerium valgus ♰ J. O. Westwood, 1854 | | | Curtelater wui ♰ Chang & Ren, 2008 | | | Desmatinus cognatus ♰ H. L. Chang, 2010 | | | Dicercoptera longipennis ♰ A. V. Alekseev, 1993 | | | Dzeregia ampla ♰ A. G. Ponoma..., 1990 | | | Dzeregia crassa ♰ A. G. Ponoma..., 1990 | | | Dzeregia pilula ♰ A. G. Ponoma..., 1990 | | | Elater burmitinus ♰ T. D. A. Coc..., 1917 | | | Elaterium pronaeus ♰ Westwood, 1854 | | | Elodophthalmus gracilis ♰ Kirejtshuk &..., 2008 | | | Elodophthalmus harmonicus ♰ Kirejtshuk &..., 2008 | | | Eochelonarium belle ♰ A. G. Kirejt..., 2013 | | | Fangshanella stolida ♰ Huang, 1997 | | | Fengningia punctata ♰ Y. C. Hong, 1984 | | | Heterocerites kobdoensis ♰ A. G. Ponoma..., 1986 | | | Heterocerites magnus ♰ A. A. Prokin, 2011 | | | Kzylordynia obscura ♰ A. V. Alexeev, 1995 | | | Lasiosyne cataphracta ♰ E. V. Yan, 2012 | | | Lasiosyne decora ♰ E. V. Yan, 2012 | | | Lasiosyne punctata ♰ Yan, 2012 | | | Lebanophytum excellens ♰ A. G. Kirejt..., 2008 | | | Lidryops occultus Kirejtshuk &..., 2016 | | | Lithomerus buyssoni ♰ Dolin & Nel, 2002 | | | Lomatus hislopi ♰ Murray, 1860 | | | Macronotus tuanwangensis ♰ Y. C. Hong, 1990 | | | Mesernobius anawrahtai ♰ Engel, 2010 | | | Mesobyrrhus parvus ♰ Huang, 1997 | | | Mesobyrrhus tanae ♰ Huang, 1997 | | | Mesoschizopus elegans ♰ Cai & al., 2015 | | | Mesosimplocaria ovalis ♰ Ponomarenko, 1990 | | | Mesosimplocaria parmula ♰ Ponomarenko, 1990 | | | Metabuprestium arkagalense ♰ A. V. Alexeev, 2009 | | | Metabuprestium bayssense ♰ A. V. Alexeev, 1995 | | | Metabuprestium bontsaganense ♰ A. V. Alexeev, 1995 | | | Metabuprestium cretaceum ♰ A. V. Alexeev, 1995 | | | Metabuprestium cuneomaculatum ♰ A. V. Alexeev, 1996 | | | Metabuprestium dundulense ♰ A. V. Alexeev, 1995 | | | Metabuprestium furcatorugosum ♰ A. V. Alexeev, 1996 | Pink velvet shrimp | | Metabuprestium granulipenne ♰ A. V. Alexeev, 1995 | | | Metabuprestium ichbogdoense ♰ Alexeev, 2009 | | | Metabuprestium latipenne ♰ A. V. Alexeev, 1996 | | | Metabuprestium minutum ♰ A. V. Alexeev, 1995 | | | Metabuprestium nobile ♰ A. V. Alexeev, 1995 | | | Metabuprestium oyunchaiense ♰ A. V. Alexeev, 2000 | | | Metabuprestium shartologoiense ♰ Alexeev, 1995 | | | Metabuprestium sibiricum ♰ A. V. Alexeev, 2009 | | | Metabuprestium vitimense ♰ A. V. Alexeev, 1996 | Fiddler shrimp | | Micrelaterium triopas ♰ Westwood, 1854 | | | Microcoleus brunneus ♰ Hong, 1982 | | | Microsyne lauta ♰ Yan & al., 2014 | | | Mongoligena curta ♰ A. V. Alekseev, 1993 | | | Mongoligena popovi ♰ A. V. Alekseev, 1993 | | | Mongoligena vulgata ♰ A. V. Alekseev, 1993 | | | Mongoligenula altilabdominis ♰ Yu & al., 2015 | | | Mongoligenula gracilis ♰ Yu & al., 2015 | | | Mongolobuprestis gratiosus ♰ A. V. Alekseev, 1993 | | | Myamalycocerus vitalii Fanti & Elle..., 2016 | | | Ornatomalthinus elvirae Poinar & Fanti, 2016 | | | Palaeoxenus sinensis Chang & al., 2016 | | | Paleas maculipennis ♰ A. V. Alekseev, 1993 | | | Parabuprestium pseudocarabus ♰ A. Handlirsch, 1906 | | | Parabuprestium teleas ♰ Westwood, 1854 | | | Paradesmatus dilatatus ♰ H. L. Chang, 2010 | | | Paragrilium barypus ♰ J. O. Westwood, 1854 | | | Paralithomerus exquisitus ♰ Chang, Zhang..., 2008 | | | Paralithomerus parallelus ♰ Chang, Zhang..., 2008 | | | Paramongoligena transversicollis ♰ A. V. Alekseev, 1993 | | | Planocoleus ensatus ♰ Y. C. Hong, 1982 | | | Planocoleus glabratus ♰ Y. C. Hong, 1982 | | | Planocoleus mjangadiensis ♰ A. G. Ponoma..., 1986 | | | Pollostelater baissensis ♰ A. V. Alexeev, 2011 | | | Potergosoma gratiosa ♰ A. V. Kovalev, 2013 | | | Protoluciola albertalleni Kazantsev, 2015 | | | Pseudochrysobothris ballae ♰ P. E. S. Wha..., 1985 | | | Pseudomongoligena schinkhudukense ♰ A. V. Alexeev, 2000 | | | Rhomboaspis laticollis ♰ A. V. Kovalev, 2013 | | | Sinoelaterium melanocolor ♰ C. Ping, 1928 | | | Stigmoderimorpha rasnitsyni ♰ A. V. Alekseev, 1993 | | | Sunocarabus brunneus ♰ Y. C. Hong, 1987 | | | Trapezitergum grande ♰ Y. L. Yu, 2013 | | | Turonelater giganteus ♰ Alexeev, 2011 | | | Umerata mirabilis ♰ A. V. Alekseev, 1993 | |
Subnodes of Elateriformia with occurrences in Cretaceous | Superfamily | Buprestoidea
Leach, 1815
Jewel Beetles, Metallic Wood Boring Beetles, Metallic wood-boring beetles | 2
33
61 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Byrrhoidea
Latreille, 1804
Byrrhids, Pill Beetles, Water Beetles and Toe-winged Beetles | 3
12
21 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Dascilloidea
Guérin-Méneville, 1843
Dascillids, Soft-bodied Plant and Cicada Parasite Beetles | 1
1
1 | Family
Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Dryopoidea
Hunt & al., 2007
| 3
3
4 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles, Soldier Beetles | 6
32
45 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Scirtoidea
Fleming, 1821
Clambids, Plate-thigh and Marsh Beetles | 2
2
3 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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