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Checklist for Infraorder Elateriformia Crowson, 1960
and region Neogene (Cenozoic)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
379
1807
3318
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
375
1797
3306
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
355
1717
3172
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
224
1264
2441
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
70
585
1018
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
63
513
865
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
15
60
118
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Neogene
15 Families width 118 Species and 1 Subspecies
Buprestidae Leach, 1815Flat-headed wood-borers53SpeciesTaxom
Elateridae Leach, 1815Click Beetle27SpeciesTaxom
Brachypsectridae LeConte & Horn, 1883Texas beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Glaphyropteridae Pongracz, 19355SpeciesTaxom
Byrrhidae Latreille, 1804Moss beetles3SpeciesTaxom
Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856Cantharids12SpeciesTaxom
Dascillidae Guérin-Ménev..., 1843Orchid beetles9SpeciesTaxom
Artematopodidae Lacordaire, 1857Soft bodied plant beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Lycidae Laporte, 1836Lycid beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Heteroceridae MacLeay, 1825Mud beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Lampyridae Latreille, 1817Fireflies2SpeciesTaxom
Eucnemidae Eschscholtz, 1829Click Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Dryopidae Billberg, 1820Long toed water beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Scirtidae Fleming, 1821Marsh Beetle0SpeciesTaxom
Throscidae Laporte, 1840False metallic wood-boring beetles1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Neogene
60 Genera with 118 Species
#ABCDEFGHILMPRST
Acmaeodera Eschscholtz, 18622SpeciesTaxom
Adelocera Latreille, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Agrilus Curtis, 19633SpeciesTaxom
Agriotes Eschscholtz, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Alaus Eschscholtz, 1865Eyed Click Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Ampedus Dejean, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Anthaxia Eschscholtz, 18659SpeciesTaxom
Brachypsectra LeConte, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Buprestis Linnaeus, 1862Jewel Beetle11SpeciesTaxom
Buprestites Heer, 18475SpeciesTaxom
Byrrhus Linnaeus, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Cantharis Linnaeus, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Capnodis Eschscholtz, 18623SpeciesTaxom
Cardiophorus Eschscholtz, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Chalcophora Dejean, 18623SpeciesTaxom
Chrysobothris Eschscholtz, 19991SpeciesTaxom
Corymbites Latreille, 19944SpeciesTaxom
Ctenicera Latreille, 19942SpeciesTaxom
Curticantharis Zhang, 19943SpeciesTaxom
Cyphosoma Mannerheim, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Dascillus Latreille, 19897SpeciesTaxom
Diacanthus Reitter, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Dicerca Eschscholtz, 18564SpeciesTaxom
Diphucrania Dejean, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Elater minutus Linn..., 19025SpeciesTaxom
Elaterites Tillyard, 18472SpeciesTaxom
Electribius Crowson, 20151SpeciesTaxom
Electropteron Kazantsev, 20121SpeciesTaxom
Eolampra Zhang, Sun &..., 19942SpeciesTaxom
Eurythyrea Dejean, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Fuesslinia Heer, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Glyphonyx Candeze, 19632SpeciesTaxom
Heterogamia Burmeister, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Illolampra Zhang, Sun &..., 19942SpeciesTaxom
Ischnodes Germar, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Lacon Laporte, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Lampyris Geoffroy, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Limonius Eschscholtz, 1847Dark Brown Click Beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Lissantauga Poinar, 20131SpeciesTaxom
Lissomus Dalman, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Lucidota Laporte, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Lyprodascillus Zhang, 19892SpeciesTaxom
Mionelater Becker, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Morychus Erichson, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Parnus Fabricius, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Perotis Dejean, 18472SpeciesTaxom
Poecilonota Eschscholtz, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Polybothris Spinola, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Protogenia Heer, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Psiloptera Dejean, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Rhagonycha Eschscholtz, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Scirtes Illiger, 1807
Water beetles0SpeciesTaxom
Semiotus Eschscholtz, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Silis Charpentier, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Simplocaria Stephens, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Sphenoptera Dejean, 1865metallic wood-boring beetle2SpeciesTaxom
Stigmodera Eschscholtz, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Telephorus Schaeffer, 18475SpeciesTaxom
Throscus Latreille, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Tytthonyx LeConte, 20161SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Neogene
118 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acmaeodera antholitha O. Heer, 1862
Acmaeodera brevicollis O. Heer, 1862
Adelocera granulata O. Heer, 1847
Agrilus corrugatus J. F. Zhang, 1989
Agrilus elaphrus Obenberger, 1933
Agrilus syrphus Descarpentri..., 1963
Agriotes (Agriotes) succiniferus Becker, 1963
Alaus spectabilis O. Heer, 1865
Ampedus seyfriedii O. Heer, 1847
Anthaxia (Anthaxia) ariadna Bílý, 1982
Anthaxia nitidula nitidula Linnaeus, 1758
Anthaxia buschi Assmann, 1870
Anthaxia carbonaria C. von Heyden, 1865
Anthaxia crassicollis O. Heer, 1862
Anthaxia deleta (C. von Heyden, 1865)⇒ Anthaxia caseyi Obenberger, 1914
Anthaxia doris O. Heer, 1862
Anthaxia pallida O. Heer, 1862
Anthaxia primaeva C. von Heyden, 1865
Brachypsectra moronei Branham, 2006
Buprestis alemanica Heer, 1879
Buprestis carbonum E. F. Germar, 1837
Buprestis concinna Heer, 1879
Buprestis deleta Heer, 1847
Buprestis gracilis Heer, 1847
Buprestis heydeni Heer, 1847
Buprestis kudiensis Cockerell, 1926
Buprestis rusticana Heer, 1847
Buprestis seyfriedi Heer, 1847Snowflake snapping shrimp
Buprestis seyfriedii O. Heer, 1847
Buprestis tincta Heer, 1862
Buprestites agriloides Heer, 1862
Buprestites agrioloides
Buprestites carbonum Germar, 1837
Buprestites exstinctus Heer, 1847
Buprestites oeningensis Heer, 1847
Byrrhus oeningensis O. Heer, 1847
Cantharis guttula J. F. Zhang, 1989
Capnodis antiqua O. Heer, 1847
Capnodis puncticollis O. Heer, 1847
Capnodis spectabilis O. Heer, 1862
Cardiophorus braunii Heer, 1847
Chalcophora espanoli Fernández de..., 1962
Chalcophora laevigata O. Heer, 1862
Chalcophora pulchella O. Heer, 1862
Chrysobothris amberestris C. L. Bellamy, 1999
Corymbites emblemoelytrus Zhang, 1989
Corymbites euprepes (Zhang Junfeng, 1994)⇒ Ctenicera euprepes Zhang Junfeng, 1994
Corymbites pruinosus Motschulsky, 1860
Corymbites sincerus Zhang & al., 1994
Ctenicera euprepes Zhang Junfeng, 1994
Ctenicera sincerus Zhang Junfeng, 1994
Curticantharis capacis Zhang, 1989
Curticantharis thermophila Zhang, 1989
Curticantharis trapezialis Zhang, 1994
Cyphosoma askenasyi Heyden, 1908
Dascillus elongatus Falderman, 1835
Dascillus exiguus Zhang, 1989
Dascillus flatus Zhang, 1989
Dascillus latahensis Lewis, 1973
Dascillus musculus Zhang, 1994
Dascillus relictus J. F. Zhang, 1989
Dascillus shandongianus Zhang, 1989
Diacanthus sutor Heer, 1847
Dicerca bilinica J. Prokop, 1999
Dicerca prisca Heer, 1847
Dicerca reticulatoides Bellamy, 2003
Dicerca taschei C. H. G. von..., 1856
Diphucrania chalcophora Barker, 2001
Elater asmodeus J. F. Zhang, 1989
Elater canabinus J. F. Zhang, 1989
Elater holmgreni Heer, 1870
Elater mitrus J. F. Zhang, 1989
Elater wisniowskii Lomnicki, 1902
Elaterites lavateri Heer, 1847
Elaterites obsoletus Heer, 1847
Electribius palaeomexicanus Wu & al., 2015
Electropteron avus S. V. Kazantsev, 2012
Eolampra brachyelytra J. F. Zhang, 1989
Eolampra gorgia Zhang, Sun &..., 1994
Eurythyrea longipennis Heer, 1847Scarred nylon shrimp
Fuesslinia amoena Heer, 1847
Glyphonyx chiapasensis Zaragoza Cab..., 1990
Glyphonyx punctatus Becker, 1963
Heterogamia antiqua Heer, 1849
Illolampra ampulla Zhang, Sun &..., 1994
Illolampra phlegma Zhang, Sun &..., 1994
Ischnodes gracilis Heer, 1847
Lacon primordialis Heer, 1847
Lampyris orciluca Heer, 1865
Limonius optabilis O. Heer, 1847
Lissantauga epicrana G. Poinar, 2013
Lissomus taxodii O. Heer, 1870
Lucidota prima Wickham, 1912
Lyprodascillus peritelus J. Zhang, 1994
Lyprodascillus sypharus J. F. Zhang, 1989
Mionelater planatus Becker, 1963
Morychus aeneus Fabricius, 1775
Parnus sericeus L. Piton, 1939
Perotis bruckmanni O. Heer, 1862
Perotis lavateri Heer, 1847
Poecilonota nitela J. F. Zhang, 1989
Polybothris coccinella Laporte & Gory, 1837
Protogenia escheri Heer, 1847
Psiloptera martyi L. Piton, 1935
Rhagonycha micans L. Piton, 1939
Semiotus ehrenswaerdi O. Heer, 1870
Silis chiapasensis W. Wittmer, 1963
Simplocaria basalis Sahlberg, 1903
Sphenoptera gigantea Heer, 1847
Sphenoptera knopi C. von Heyden, 1865
Stigmodera hyperboreus Heer, 1870
Telephorus attavinus O. Heer, 1847
Telephorus fragilis Heer, 1847
Telephorus germari Heer, 1847
Telephorus macilentus O. Heer, 1865
Telephorus tertiarius O. Heer, 1847
Throscus peritulus Cockerell, 1925
Tytthonyx geiseri Poinar & Fanti, 2016

Subnodes of Elateriformia with occurrences in Neogene
SuperfamilyBuprestoidea
Leach, 1815
Jewel Beetles, Metallic Wood Boring Beetles, Metallic wood-boring beetles
2
22
58
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyByrrhoidea
Latreille, 1804
Byrrhids, Pill Beetles, Water Beetles and Toe-winged Beetles
1
3
3
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyDascilloidea
Guérin-Méneville, 1843
Dascillids, Soft-bodied Plant and Cicada Parasite Beetles
1
2
9
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyDryopoidea
Hunt & al., 2007
2
2
2
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyElateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles, Soldier Beetles
8
30
46
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyScirtoidea
Fleming, 1821
Clambids, Plate-thigh and Marsh Beetles
1
1
0
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Elateriformia at itis.gov