Checklist of Infraorder Elateriformia Crowson, 1960
for Namibia (Southern Africa)
List of families for Namibia
11 Families width 162 Species and 1 Subspecies | Buprestidae Leach, 1815 | Flat-headed wood-borers | 121 | Species | Taxom | | Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856 | Cantharids | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Elateridae Leach, 1815 | Click Beetle | 25 | Species | Taxom | | Heteroceridae MacLeay, 1825 | Mud beetles | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Throscidae Laporte, 1840 | False metallic wood-boring beetles | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Rhipiceridae Latreille, 1834 | Cedar beetles | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lycidae Laporte, 1836 | Lycid beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lampyridae Latreille, 1817 | Fireflies | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Elmidae Curtis, 1830 | Drive beetles | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Limnichidae (Erichson, 1846) | Minute marsh loving beetle | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dryopidae (Billberg, 1820) | Long toed water beetle | 0 | Species | Taxom |
Genera for Namibia
59 Genera with 162 Species
| Acmaeodera Eschscholtz, 1778 | | 24 | Species | Taxom | | Acmaeoderella Cobos, 1803 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Afronycha Wittmer, 1949 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Agelia Laporte & Gory, 1840 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Agrilus Curtis, 2011 | | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Agrypnus Eschscholtz, 1829 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anthaxia Eschscholtz, 1931 | | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Augyles Schioedte, 1999 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aulonothroscus Horn, 1890 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Belionota Eschscholtz, 1838 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Caccodes Sharp, 1960 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Castiarina Gory & Laporte, 1892 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Chalcogenia Saunders, 1837 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chamoerhipis | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chamoerrhipes Latreille, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chrysobothris Eschscholtz, 1878 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Conoderus Eschscholtz, 1859 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Craspedostethus Schwarz, 1878 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Demosis Waterhouse, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dicrepidius Eschscholtz, 1829 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dicronychus Brullé, 0 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Drymelater Calder, 1929 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Galbella Westwood, 1936 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heterocerus Fabricius, 1896 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Julodella Semenov, 1906 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Julodis Eschscholtz, 1860 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Lampetis Dejean, 1879 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Lampyris Geoffroy, 1900 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lanelater Arnett, 2008 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Luciola Laporte, 1888 | Japanese fireflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Melanophila Eschscholtz, 1829 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Meliboeus Deyrolle, 1908 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Meristhus Candeze, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Negastrius C.G. Thomson, 1918 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Neojulodis Kerremans, 1888 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Oedisterna Lacordaire, 1836 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Omotonus Delève, 1963 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oxynopterus Hope, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pelochares Mulsant & Rey, 2011 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pelonomus Erichson, 1847 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phlocteis Kerremans, 1817 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pleonomoides Schwarz, 1974 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polycestina Cobos, 1906 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Potamodytes Grouvelle, 1937 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Prodrasterius Fleutiaux, 1974 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Propsephus Hyslop, 1996 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudagrilus Laporte, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudoclema Théry, 1911 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudoperotis Obenberger, 1860 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrearinus Costa, 1863 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhipicera Latreille, 1817 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Selasia Mulsant, 1989 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Sphenoptera Dejean, 1913 | metallic wood-boring beetle | 19 | Species | Taxom | | Stenelmis Dufour, 1835 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Steraspis Dejean, 1829 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Tetralobus Lepeletier &..., 1842 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Thurntaxisia Schatzmayr, 1982 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trachys Fabricius, 1851 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tropeopeltis | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Namibia
162 Species and 1 Subspecies | Acmaeodera (Acmaeodera) ornata Fabricius, 1775 | | | Acmaeodera (Acmaeodera) sinuata Van Dyke, 1919 | | | Acmaeodera albosetosa (Rosenhauer, 1856) | ⇒ Acmaeoderella discoida Fabricius, 1787 | | Acmaeodera albovillosa Fåhraeus, 1851 | | | Acmaeodera alcmeone Thomson, 1878 | | | Acmaeodera aurolimbata Fåhraeus, 1851 | | | Acmaeodera deplanata Théry, 1926 | | | Acmaeodera exasperans Kerremans, 1907 | | | Acmaeodera excellens Klug, 1855 | | | Acmaeodera fascigera Harold, 1869 | | | Acmaeodera gentilis Péringuey, 1888 | | | Acmaeodera grandis Guérin-Ménev..., 1850 | | | Acmaeodera grata Fåhraeus, 1851 | | | Acmaeodera kochi Holm, 1978 | | | Acmaeodera kosterae Holm, 1978 | | | Acmaeodera luculenta Boheman, 1860 | | | Acmaeodera lugubrina Boheman, 1860 | | | Acmaeodera nigra (Ragusa, 1893) | ⇒ Acmaeoderella virgulata Illiger, 1803 | | Acmaeodera punctatissima Thomson, 1878 | | | Acmaeodera ruficaudis DeGeer, 1778 | | | Acmaeodera signifera Fåhraeus, 1851 | | | Acmaeodera stellata Marseul, 1867 | | | Acmaeodera virgo (Boheman, 1860) | ⇒ Acmaeoderella cyanipennis cyanipennis Lucas, 1846 | | Acmaeodera viridaenea DeGeer, 1778 | | | Acmaeoderella (Acmaeoderella) discoida Fabricius, 1787 | | | Acmaeoderella (Liogastria) virgulata Illiger, 1803 | | | Agelia petelii Gory, 1840 | | | Agrilus (Agrilus) biguttatus Fabricius, 1777 | Oak buprestid | | Agrilus (Agrilus) sulcicollis Lacordaire, 1835 | European oak borer | | Agrilus bicolor (L. Redtenbacher, 1849) | ⇒ Agrilus biguttatus Fabricius, 1777 | | Agrilus charaxes Obenberger, 1939 | | | Agrilus ctenocerus Gory, 1841 | | | Agrilus dewetti Obenberger, 1931 | | | Agrilus discolor Fåhraeus, 1851 | | | Agrilus elongatulus Gory & Laporte, 1837 | | | Agrilus elongatus (Herbst, 1780) | ⇒ Agrilus sulcicollis Lacordaire, 1835 | | Agrilus meloe Curletti & B..., 2011 | | | Anthaxia (Anthaxia) plicata Kiesenwetter, 1859 | | | Anthaxia (Melanthaxia) californica Obenberger, 1914 | | | Anthaxia (Melanthaxia) knulli (Obenberger, 1928) | ⇒ Anthaxia californica Obenberger, 1914 | | Anthaxia bergrothi Obenberger, 1928 | | | Anthaxia chlorophylla Obenberger, 1928 | | | Anthaxia congolana Kerremans, 1909 | | | Anthaxia cratomerina Obenberger, 1922 | | | Anthaxia holubi Obenberger, 1913 | | | Anthaxia imperatrix Obenberger, 1928 | | | Anthaxia oneili Obenberger, 1931 | | | Anthaxia pacata Kerremans, 1913 | | | Anthaxia praecellens Kerremans, 1909 | | | Anthaxia protractula Obenberger, 1931 | | | Anthaxia tenuicula Boheman, 1860 | | | Anthaxia turneri Obenberger, 1931 | | | Augyles (Augyles) namibiensis Skalický, 1999 | | | Belionota (Belionota) prasina (Thunberg, 1789) | ⇒ Belionota sumptuosa Gory & Laporte, 1838 | | Belionota aenea Deyrolle, 1864 | Jewel Beetle | | Belionota championi Murray, 1862 | | | Belionota sagittaria Eschscholtz, 1829 | Jewel Beetle | | Belionota sumptuosa Gory & Laporte, 1838 | Tricolor Metallic Wood-boring Beetle | | Caccodes brincki Wittmer, 1960 | | | Castiarina distantia Barker, 1988 | | | Castiarina ignea Blackburn, 1892 | | | Chalcogenia contempta Mannerheim, 1837 | | | Chamoerhipis distincta | | | Chamoerrhipes curia Emden, 1926 | | | Chrysobothris (Chrysobothris) dorsata Fabricius, 1787 | | | Chrysobothris fatalis Harold, 1878 | | | Conoderus xysticus Candeze, 1859 | | | Craspedostethus aspalax Candeze, 1860 | | | Craspedostethus stali Candeze, 1878 | | | Demosis peltatus | | | Dicronychus ferrugineus | | | Drymelater aulacoderus Elston, 1929 | | | Galbella vansoni Obenberger, 1936 | | | Heterocerus pavliceki Skalický, 1999 | | | Heterocerus peringueyi Grouvelle, 1919 | | | Heterocerus schawallensis Mascagni, 2007 | | | Heterocerus thebaicus Grouvelle, 1896 | | | Julodella bicolor Obst, 1906 | | | Julodis caffer Laporte, 1835 | | | Julodis cirrosa Schönherr, 1817 | Brush Jewel Beetle | | Julodis egho Gory, 1840 | | | Julodis gariepina Péringuey, 1885 | | | Julodis humeralis Gory, 1840 | | | Julodis marmorea Kerremans, 1914 | | | Julodis mitifica Boheman, 1860 | | | Lampetis amaurotica Klug, 1855 | | | Lampetis bioculata Olivier, 1790 | | | Lampetis confluens Harold, 1878 | | | Lampetis conturbata Thomson, 1879 | | | Lampetis foveicollis Gory, 1840 | | | Lampetis gregaria Fåhraeus, 1851 | | | Lampetis pupillata Klug, 1855 | | | Lampetis quadriareolata Fåhraeus, 1851 | | | Lampetis spissiformis Thomson, 1879 | | | Lampyris conspicua Gyllenhal, 1817 | | | Lampyris tinctoria Gorham, 1900 | Sarus Crane | | Lanelater namibiensis Girard, 2008 | | | Luciola tetrasticta Fairmaire, 1888 | | | Melanophila cuspidata Klug, 1829 | | | Meliboeus punctatus Péringuey, 1908 | | | Negastrius occidentalis Laurent, 1974 | | | Negastrius sexmaculatus Fleutiaux, 1918 | | | Neojulodis (Protojulodis) vittipennis Fåhraeus, 1851 | | | Neojulodis rufolimbata Fairmaire, 1888 | | | Oedisterna bisulcata Laporte & Gory, 1836 | | | Omotonus angolensis Delève, 1963 | Wapiti | | Oxynopterus (Oxynopterus) niger Candeze, 1897 | | | Pelochares palpata (Mey, 2011) | ⇒ Pelocharella palpata Mey, 2011 | | Phlocteis exasperata Swartz, 1817 | | | Pleonomoides brincki Laurent, 1974 | | | Polycestina damarana Kerremans, 1906 | | | Potamodytes brincki Delève, 1970 | Hudson Bay flying squirrel | | Potamodytes tuberosus Hinton, 1937 | Red pricklypoppy | | Prodrasterius niger (Laurent, 1974) | ⇒ Drasterius niger Laurent, 1974 | | Propsephus (Propsephus) bucculatus Candeze, 1859 | | | Propsephus (Propsephus) cavifrons Erichson, 1843 | | | Propsephus (Propsephus) hayekae Girard, 1996 | | | Pseudagrilus beryllinus Fahraeus, 1851 | | | Pseudoclema transvaalense Kerremans, 1911 | | | Pseudoperotis subrugosus Boheman, 1860 | | | Pyrearinus lampyris Candeze, 1863 | | | Selasia chaboti Pic, 1921 | | | Selasia dumosa Geisthardt, 2007 | | | Selasia etoshaensis Wittmer, 1989 | | | Selasia jaegeri Geisthardt, 2007 | | | Selasia oberprieleri Wittmer, 1989 | | | Selasia pulchra Pascoe, 1887 | | | Selasia variabilis Wittmer, 1989 | | | Sphenoptera aeneella Kerremans, 1913 | | | Sphenoptera belenois Obenberger, 1952 | | | Sphenoptera bodongi Kerremans, 1913 | | | Sphenoptera bradshawi Kerremans, 1913 | | | Sphenoptera colmanti Kerremans, 1903 | | | Sphenoptera cupricolor Obenberger, 1926 | | | Sphenoptera dubia Saunders, 1871 | | | Sphenoptera dudai Obenberger, 1926 | | | Sphenoptera kolbei Kerremans, 1913 | | | Sphenoptera longiuscula Gory & Laporte, 1839 | | | Sphenoptera necatrix Obenberger, 1926 | | | Sphenoptera neglecta Klug, 1835 | | | Sphenoptera olivaceovirens Obenberger, 1926 | | | Sphenoptera quadraticollis Gerstäcker, 1871 | | | Sphenoptera rectipennis Kerremans, 1898 | | | Sphenoptera sica Obenberger, 1926 | | | Sphenoptera socrus Obenberger, 1926 | | | Sphenoptera trepida Fåhraeus, 1851 | | | Sphenoptera vicina Kerremans, 1913 | | | Steraspis aeruginosa aeruginosa Klug, 1855 | | | Steraspis ambigua Fåhraeus, 1851 | | | Steraspis amplipennis Fåhraeus, 1851 | | | Steraspis jackal Thomson, 1879 | | | Steraspis reptilis Thomson, 1897 | | | Steraspis rotundata Kerremans, 1914 | | | Steraspis scapha Kerremans, 1914 | | | Steraspis squamosa Klug, 1829 | Middle Eastern jewel beetle | | Tetralobus (Tetralobus) flabellicornis Linnaeus, 1767 | Giant Acacia Click Beetle | | Tetralobus (Tetralobus) natalensis Candeze, 1857 | | | Tetralobus (Tetralobus) shuckhardi Hope, 1842 | | | Thurntaxisia schoemani Holm, 1982 | | | Trachys evanescens Fåhraeus, 1851 | | | Trachys lucidulus Fåhraeus, 1851 | | | Tropeopeltis chalcogenia | |
Subnodes of Elateriformia with occurrences in Namibia | Superfamily | Buprestoidea
Leach, 1815
Jewel Beetles, Metallic Wood Boring Beetles, Metallic wood-boring beetles | 1
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121 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Dascilloidea
Guérin-Méneville, 1843
Dascillids, Soft-bodied Plant and Cicada Parasite Beetles | 1
3
2 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Dryopoidea
Hunt & al., 2007
| 4
7
9 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles, Soldier Beetles | 5
22
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