Checklist for Infraorder Elateriformia Crowson, 1960
and region New Guinea (Australasia)
List of families for New Guinea
12 Families width 478 Species and 7 Subspecies | Buprestidae Leach, 1815 | Flat-headed wood-borers | 266 | Species | Taxom | | Callirhipidae Emden, 1924 | Callirhipid beetles | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856 | Cantharids | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dryopidae Billberg, 1820 | Long toed water beetle | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Elateridae Leach, 1815 | Click Beetle | 151 | Species | Taxom | | Elmidae Curtis, 1830 | Drive beetles | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Heteroceridae MacLeay, 1825 | Mud beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lampyridae Latreille, 1817 | Fireflies | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Limnichidae Erichson, 1846 | Minute marsh loving beetle | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Ptilodactylidae Laporte, 1836 | Ptilodactylid beetles | 17 | Species | Taxom | | Scirtidae Fleming, 1821 | Marsh Beetle | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Throscidae Laporte, 1840 | False metallic wood-boring beetles | 7 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Elateriformia with occurrences in New Guinea | Superfamily | Buprestoidea
Leach, 1815
Jewel Beetles, Metallic Wood Boring Beetles, Metallic wood-boring beetles | 1
20
266 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Dryopoidea
Hunt & al., 2007
| 6
10
34 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles, Soldier Beetles | 4
41
173 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Scirtoidea
Fleming, 1821
Clambids, Plate-thigh and Marsh Beetles | 1
2
5 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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