Checklist for Infraorder Elateriformia Crowson, 1960
and region Kenya (East Africa)
List of families for Kenya
11 Families width 214 Species and 1 Subspecies | Buprestidae Leach, 1815 | Flat-headed wood-borers | 61 | Species | Taxom | | Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856 | Cantharids | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Dascillidae Guérin-Ménev..., 1843 | Orchid beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Elateridae Leach, 1815 | Click Beetle | 122 | Species | Taxom | | Elmidae Curtis, 1830 | Drive beetles | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Heteroceridae MacLeay, 1825 | Mud beetles | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Lampyridae Latreille, 1817 | Fireflies | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Limnichidae Erichson, 1846 | Minute marsh loving beetle | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Lycidae Laporte, 1836 | Lycid beetles | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Rhipiceridae Latreille, 1834 | Cedar beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Throscidae Laporte, 1840 | False metallic wood-boring beetles | 8 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Elateriformia with occurrences in Kenya | Superfamily | Buprestoidea
Leach, 1815
Jewel Beetles, Metallic Wood Boring Beetles, Metallic wood-boring beetles | 1
23
61 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Dascilloidea
Guérin-Méneville, 1843
Dascillids, Soft-bodied Plant and Cicada Parasite Beetles | 2
2
2 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Dryopoidea
Hunt & al., 2007
| 3
7
11 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles, Soldier Beetles | 5
43
140 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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