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Checklist of Infraorder Elateriformia Crowson, 1960
for Ireland (British Isles)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
464
4238
11201
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
461
4231
11194
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
443
4182
11093
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
294
3368
9396
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
83
1089
3237
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
77
952
2705
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
15
65
141
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Ireland
15 Families width 141 Species and 1 Subspecies
Buprestidae Leach, 1815Flat-headed wood-borers5SpeciesTaxom
Elateridae Leach, 1815Click Beetle38SpeciesTaxom
Heteroceridae MacLeay, 1825Mud beetles7SpeciesTaxom
Byrrhidae Latreille, 1804Moss beetles7SpeciesTaxom
Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856Cantharids33SpeciesTaxom
Scirtidae Fleming, 1821Marsh Beetle28SpeciesTaxom
Dascillidae Guérin-Ménev..., 1843Orchid beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Dryopidae Billberg, 1820Long toed water beetle5SpeciesTaxom
Elmidae Curtis, 1830Drive beetles9SpeciesTaxom
Psephenidae Lacordaire, 1854Water pennies1SpeciesTaxom
Lampyridae (Latreille, 1817)Fireflies1SpeciesTaxom
Eucnemidae Eschscholtz, 1829Click Beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Ptilodactylidae Laporte, 1836Ptilodactylid beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Lycidae Laporte, 1836Lycid beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Throscidae Laporte, 1840False metallic wood-boring beetles1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Ireland
65 Genera with 141 Species
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Acmaeodera Eschscholtz, 18011SpeciesTaxom
Actenicerus Kiesenwetter, 17642SpeciesTaxom
Adrastus Eschscholtz, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Agrilus Curtis, 19632SpeciesTaxom
Agriotes Eschscholtz, 18074SpeciesTaxom
Agrypnus Eschscholtz, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Ampedus Dejean, 18874SpeciesTaxom
Anostirus C.G. Thomson, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Aplotarsus Stephens, 18271SpeciesTaxom
Athous Eschscholtz, 18334SpeciesTaxom
Augyles Schioedte, 18442SpeciesTaxom
Betarmon Kiesenwetter, 18031SpeciesTaxom
Buprestis Linnaeus, 1767Jewel Beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Byrrhus Linnaeus, 17714SpeciesTaxom
Calambus Thomson, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Cantharis Linnaeus, 179014SpeciesTaxom
Conoderus Eschscholtz, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Contacyphon des Gozis, 17878SpeciesTaxom
Crudosilis Kazantsev, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Ctenicera Latreille, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Cyphon Paykull, 178511SpeciesTaxom
Cytilus Erichson, 17711SpeciesTaxom
Dalopius Eschscholtz, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Dascillus Latreille, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Denticollis Piller & Mit..., 17581SpeciesTaxom
Deromecus Solier, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Dryops Olivier, 18814SpeciesTaxom
Elater minutus Linn..., 17581SpeciesTaxom
Elmis Latreille, 18061SpeciesTaxom
Elodes Latreille, 19845SpeciesTaxom
Esolus Mulsant & Rey, 18062SpeciesTaxom
Eubria Germar, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Helichus Erichson, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Hemicrepidius Germar, 17842SpeciesTaxom
Heterocerus Fabricius, 18285SpeciesTaxom
Hydrocyphon Redtenbacher, 18211SpeciesTaxom
Hypnoidus Dillwyn, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Limnius Illiger, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Luciola Laporte, 1924Japanese fireflies2SpeciesTaxom
Malthinus Latreille, 18524SpeciesTaxom
Malthodes Kiesenwetter, 18358SpeciesTaxom
Melanophila Eschscholtz, 17741SpeciesTaxom
Melanotus Schwarz, 1785Click Beetle2SpeciesTaxom
Melasis Olivier, 17612SpeciesTaxom
Microcara C.G. Thomson, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Morychus Erichson, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Odeles Klausnitzer, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Oulimnius des Gozis, 18063SpeciesTaxom
Panspaeus Candeze, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Podabrus Westwood, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Prionocyphon Redtenbacher, 18211SpeciesTaxom
Prosternon Latreille, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Ptilodactyla Illiger, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Pygoluciola Wittmer, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Pyropterus Mulsant, 17741SpeciesTaxom
Rhagonycha Eschscholtz, 18328SpeciesTaxom
Scirtes Illiger, 1793Water beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Selatosomus Stephens, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Sericus Eschscholtz, 17591SpeciesTaxom
Simplocaria Stephens, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Spilus Candeze, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Stenelmis Dufour, 19383SpeciesTaxom
Trichalus Waterhouse, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Trixagus Kugelann, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Zorochros C.G. Thomson, 18351SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ireland
141 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acmaeodera (Acmaeodera) tubulus Fabricius, 1801
Actenicerus (Actenicerus) siaelandicus O. F. Müller, 1764
Actenicerus (Actenicerus) sjaelandicus (Müller, 1764)⇒ Athous haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1801
Adrastus pallens Fabricius, 1792
Agrilus fissifrons tetrastichus Obenberger, 1924
Agrilus syrphus Descarpentri..., 1963
Agriotes (Agriodrastus) pallidulus Illiger, 1807
Agriotes (Agriotes) lineatus Linnaeus, 1767Click Beetles
Agriotes (Agriotes) obscurus Linnaeus, 1758Click beetle
Agriotes (Agriotes) pallidulus Illiger, 1807
Agrypnus murinus Linnaeus, 1758Mousegrey click beetle
Ampedus (Ampedus) balteatus Linnaeus, 1758
Ampedus (Ampedus) pomonae (Stephens, 1830)⇒ Ampedus quercicola Buysson, 1887
Ampedus (Ampedus) pomorum Herbst, 1784
Ampedus (Ampedus) quercicola Buysson, 1887
Anostirus (Anostirus) castaneus Linnaeus, 1758Chestnut Click Beetle
Aplotarsus incanus Gyllenhal, 1827
Athous (Anathrotus) subfuscus Müller, 1767
Athous (Athous) haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1801Click Beetle
Athous (Haplathous) subfuscus O. F. Müller, 1764
Athous (Orthathous) campyloides Newman, 1833Curved click beetle
Augyles (Augyles) maritimus Guérin-Ménev..., 1844
Augyles (Littorimus) maritimus Guérin-Ménev..., 1844
Betarmon bisbimaculatus Fabricius, 1803
Buprestis (Cypriacis) aurulenta (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Eurythyrea austriaca Linnaeus, 1767
Byrrhus (Byrrhus) arietinus Steffahny, 1842Northern Pill-Beetle
Byrrhus (Byrrhus) fasciatus (Forster, 1771)⇒ Byrrhus pustulatus Forster, 1771
Byrrhus (Byrrhus) pilula Linnaeus, 1758Gray bushmallow
Byrrhus (Byrrhus) pustulatus Forster, 1771
Calambus bipustulatus Linnaeus, 1758
Cantharis (Cantharis) cornix Abeille de P..., 1869
Cantharis (Cantharis) cryptica (Ashe, 1947)⇒ Cantharis cornix Abeille de P..., 1869
Cantharis (Cantharis) figurata Mannerheim, 1843
Cantharis (Cantharis) flavilabris (Fallen, 1807)⇒ Psalydolytta flavilabris Mäklin, 1875
Cantharis (Cantharis) lateralis Linnaeus, 1758
Cantharis (Cantharis) nigra De Geer, 1774Cantharid beetle
Cantharis (Cantharis) nigricans Mueller, 1776
Cantharis (Cantharis) pallida (Goeze, 1777)⇒ Rhagonycha lignosa O.F. Müller, 1764
Cantharis (Cantharis) paludosa Fallen, 1807
Cantharis (Cantharis) pellucida Fabricius, 1792
Cantharis (Cantharis) rufa Linnaeus, 1758Gray bushmallow
Cantharis (Cyrtomoptila) lateralis Linnaeus, 1758
Cantharis thoracica (Olivier, 1790)⇒ Cantharis nigra De Geer, 1774
Conoderus xysticus Candeze, 1859
Contacyphon coarctatus Paykull, 1799
Contacyphon hilaris Nyholm, 1944
Contacyphon kongsbergensis Munster, 1924
Contacyphon laevipennis Tournier, 1868
Contacyphon padi Linnaeus, 1758
Contacyphon palustris C.G. Thomson, 1855
Contacyphon pubescens Fabricius, 1792
Contacyphon variabilis Thunberg, 1787
Crudosilis ruficollis (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Silis ruficollis Fabricius, 1775
Ctenicera cuprea Fabricius, 1781
Cyphon coarctatus (Paykull, 1799)⇒ Contacyphon coarctatus Paykull, 1799
Cyphon hilaris (Nyholm, 1944)⇒ Contacyphon hilaris Nyholm, 1944
Cyphon kongsbergensis (Munster, 1924)⇒ Contacyphon kongsbergensis Munster, 1924
Cyphon laevipennis (Tournier, 1868)⇒ Contacyphon laevipennis Tournier, 1868
Cyphon ochraceus Stephens, 1830
Cyphon padi (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Contacyphon padi Linnaeus, 1758
Cyphon palustris (C.G. Thomson, 1855)⇒ Eubria palustris Germar, 1818
Cyphon pubescens (Fabricius, 1792)⇒ Contacyphon pubescens Fabricius, 1792
Cyphon punctipennis Sharp, 1873
Cyphon variabilis (Thunberg, 1785)⇒ Contacyphon variabilis Thunberg, 1787
Cytilus sericeus Forster, 1771
Dalopius marginatus Linnaeus, 1758
Dascillus cervinus Linnaeus, 1758Orchid Beetle
Denticollis linearis Linnaeus, 1758
Deromecus agriotes Candeze, 1878
Dryops (Dryops) ernesti Gozis, 1886
Dryops (Dryops) luridus (Erichson, 1847)⇒ Dryops gracilis Karsh, 1881
Dryops (Dryops) similaris Bollow, 1936
Dryops gracilis Karsh, 1881
Elater (Elater) ferrugineus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Betarmon bisbimaculatus Fabricius, 1803
Elmis aenea Müller, 1806Riffle beetle
Elodes elongata Tournier, 1868
Elodes minuta Linnaeus, 1767
Elodes pseudominuta (Klausnitzer, 1971)⇒ Elodes minuta Linnaeus, 1767
Elodes tricuspis Nyholm, 1984
Esolus czwalinae Kuwert, 1889
Esolus parallelepipedus (Müller, 1806)⇒ Esolus czwalinae Kuwert, 1889
Eubria palustris Germar, 1818
Helichus lithophilus Germar, 1824
Hemicrepidius (Athous) hirtus Herbst, 1784
Hemicrepidius (Hemicrepidius) hirtus Herbst, 1784
Heterocerus fenestratus Thunberg, 1784
Heterocerus flexuosus Stephens, 1828
Heterocerus fossor Kiesenwetter, 1843
Heterocerus marginatus (Fabricius, 1787)⇒ Heterocerus obsoletus Curtis, 1828
Heterocerus obsoletus Curtis, 1828
Hydrocyphon deflexicollis P. W. J. Mül..., 1821
Hypnoidus riparius Fabricius, 1792
Limnius volckmari Panzer, 1793
Luciola bicoloriceps Pic, 1924
Malthinus balteatus Suffrian, 1851
Malthinus flaveolus Herbst, 1784
Malthinus punctatus (Geoffroy, 1785)⇒ Malthinus flaveolus Herbst, 1784
Malthinus seriepunctatus Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthodes (Malthodes) dispar Germar, 1824
Malthodes (Malthodes) flavoguttatus Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthodes (Malthodes) fuscus Waltl, 1838
Malthodes (Malthodes) guttifer Allen, 1979
Malthodes (Malthodes) marginatus Latreille, 1806
Malthodes (Malthodes) minimus Linnaeus, 1758
Malthodes (Malthodes) pumilus Brebisson, 1835
Melanophila acuminata De Geer, 1774Black fire beetle
Melanotus (Melanotus) castanipes Paykull, 1800
Melanotus (Melanotus) villosus (Geoffroy, 1785)⇒ Melanotus fusciceps Gyllenhal, 1817
Melasis bupestroides Linnaeus, 1761
Melasis buprestoides Linnaeus, 1761
Microcara testacea Linnaeus, 1767
Morychus aeneus Fabricius, 1775
Odeles marginata Fabricius, 1798
Oulimnius troglodytes Gyllenhal, 1827
Oulimnius tuberculatus Müller, 1806Seychelles Magpie-Robin
Panspaeus guttatus (Sharp, 1877)⇒ Panspoeus guttatus Sharp, 1877
Podabrus (Podabrus) alpinus Paykull, 1798
Prionocyphon serricornis P. W. J. Mül..., 1821
Prosternon tessellatum Linnaeus, 1758Chequered Click Beetle
Ptilodactyla exotica Chapin, 1927
Pyropterus nigroruber DeGeer, 1774
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) femoralis Brullé, 1832
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) fulva Scopoli, 1763Bloodsucker beetle
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) lignosa O.F. Müller, 1764
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) limbata (C. G. Thomson, 1864)⇒ Rhagonycha nigriventris Motschulsky, 1860
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) lutea O.F. Müller, 1764
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) nigriventris Motschulsky, 1860
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) translucida Krynicky, 1832
Scirtes hemisphaericus Linnaeus, 1767
Scirtes orbicularis Panzer, 1793
Selatosomus (Pristilophus) melancholicus Fabricius, 1798
Selatosomus (Selatosomus) aeneus Linnaeus, 1758
Sericus (Sericus) brunneus Linnaeus, 1759
Simplocaria (Simplocaria) semistriata Fabricius, 1794Pill Beetle
Spilus nitidus Candeze, 1859
Stenelmis crenata Say, 1824
Stenelmis grossa Sanderson, 1938Puff
Stenelmis lateralis Sanderson, 1938Puff
Trichalus serraticornis Fabricius, 1775
Trixagus dermestoides Linnaeus, 1767
Zorochros minimus Boisduval & ..., 1835

Subnodes of Elateriformia with occurrences in Ireland
SuperfamilyBuprestoidea
Leach, 1815
Jewel Beetles, Metallic Wood Boring Beetles, Metallic wood-boring beetles
1
4
5
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SuperfamilyByrrhoidea
Latreille, 1804
Byrrhids, Pill Beetles, Water Beetles and Toe-winged Beetles
1
4
7
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SuperfamilyDascilloidea
Guérin-Méneville, 1843
Dascillids, Soft-bodied Plant and Cicada Parasite Beetles
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SuperfamilyDryopoidea
Hunt & al., 2007
5
11
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SuperfamilyElateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles, Soldier Beetles
6
37
77
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SuperfamilyScirtoidea
Fleming, 1821
Clambids, Plate-thigh and Marsh Beetles
1
8
28
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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