Species list, Checklist of Infraorder Elateriformia for Lake Eyre Basin (Queensland, Australia)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT

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Checklist for Infraorder Elateriformia Crowson, 1960
and region Lake Eyre Basin (Queensland, Australia)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	130 354 385	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	130 354 385	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	117 323 347	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	89 269 295	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Beetles, Coleopterans	23 89 102	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Polyphaga Emery, 1886 Polyphags	19 65 75	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Elateriformia Crowson, 1960	5 8 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Lake Eyre Basin
5 Families width 7 Species

Buprestidae Leach, 1815	Flat-headed wood-borers	6	Species	Taxom
Lampyridae Latreille, 1817	Fireflies	1	Species	Taxom
Ptilodactylidae Laporte, 1836	Ptilodactylid beetles	0	Species	Taxom
Heteroceridae MacLeay, 1825	Mud beetles	0	Species	Taxom
Psephenidae Lacordaire, 1854	Water pennies	0	Species	Taxom

Genera for Lake Eyre Basin
8 Genera with 7 Species

Agrilus Curtis, 1939	1	Species	Taxom
Atyphella A. S. Olliff, 2000	1	Species	Taxom
Byrrocryptus Broun, 1893	0	Species	Taxom
Castiarina Gory & Laporte, 1841	3	Species	Taxom
Elythomerus Waterhouse, 1874	0	Species	Taxom
Melobasis Laporte & Gory, 1879	1	Species	Taxom
Merimna Saunders, 1837	1	Species	Taxom
Sclerocyphon Blackburn, 1892	0	Species	Taxom

Species list for Lake Eyre Basin
7 Species

Agrilus charaxes Obenberger, 1939
Atyphella lewisi Ballantyne, 2000	Black Rails
Castiarina propinqua Carter, 1916
Castiarina scalaris Boisduval, 1835
Castiarina sexplagiata Gory, 1841
Melobasis (Melobasis) innocua Thomson, 1879
Merimna atrata Gory & Laporte, 1837	Fire beetle

Subnodes of Elateriformia with occurrences in Lake Eyre Basin

Superfamily	Buprestoidea Leach, 1815 Jewel Beetles, Metallic Wood Boring Beetles, Metallic wood-boring beetles	1 4 6	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Dryopoidea Hunt & al., 2007	3 3 0	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Elateroidea Leach, 1815 Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles, Soldier Beetles	1 1 1	Family Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Elateriformia at itis.gov