Checklist for Infraorder Elateriformia Crowson, 1960
and region Nigeria (West Africa)
List of families for Nigeria
11 Families width 40 Species | Elateridae Leach, 1815 | Click Beetle | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Buprestidae Leach, 1815 | Flat-headed wood-borers | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Heteroceridae MacLeay, 1825 | Mud beetles | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Throscidae Laporte, 1840 | False metallic wood-boring beetles | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Byrrhidae Latreille, 1804 | Moss beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dryopidae Billberg, 1820 | Long toed water beetle | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Psephenidae Lacordaire, 1854 | Water pennies | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Elmidae Curtis, 1830 | Drive beetles | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lycidae Laporte, 1836 | Lycid beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scirtidae Fleming, 1821 | Marsh Beetle | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ptilodactylidae Laporte, 1836 | Ptilodactylid beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Genera for Nigeria
22 Genera with 40 Species #ACDEHLMOPST
| Adelocera Latreille, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Agrilus Curtis, 1898 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Agrypnus Eschscholtz, 1874 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Augyles Schioedte, 2005 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aulonothroscus Horn, 1960 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Chaetophora Kirby, 1978 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dryops Olivier, 1849 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Eubrianax Kiesenwetter, 1874 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Eudicronychus Mequignon, 1991 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Helminthopsis Grouvelle, 1974 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heterocerus Fabricius, 1979 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lacon Laporte, 1874 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Meristhus Candeze, 1805 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Microlycus Pic, 1969 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ora Clark, 1928 | Flea Marsh Beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parataenia Kerremans, 1805 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Potamodytes Grouvelle, 1937 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Propsephus Hyslop, 1859 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ptilodactyla Illiger, 1868 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sphenoptera Dejean, 1839 | metallic wood-boring beetle | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tetralobus Lepeletier &..., 1842 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Tristria Stål, 1907 | | 4 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Nigeria
40 Species | Adelocera parcus Boheman, 1851 | | | Agrilus carystus Obenberger, 1935 | | | Agrilus charaxes Obenberger, 1939 | | | Agrilus lubischevi Stepanov, 1958 | | | Agrilus malloti Kurosawa, 1957 | | | Agrilus overlaeti Burgeon, 1941 | | | Agrilus owas Gory & Laporte, 1837 | | | Agrilus perplexus Burmeister, 1872 | | | Agrilus samyi Baudon, 1968 | | | Agrilus sumbuanus Kerremans, 1898 | | | Agrypnus albitactus Candeze, 1874 | | | Agrypnus bidivisus Candeze, 1874 | | | Augyles (Augyles) rarus Skalický, 2005 | | | Aulonothroscus (Aulonothroscus) malkini Cobos, 1972 | | | Aulonothroscus (Aulonothroscus) tricarinatus Cobos, 1960 | | | Chaetophora medleri Johnson, 1978 | | | Dryops algiricus Lucas, 1849 | | | Eudicronychus nigerianus Girard, 1991 | | | Helminthopsis medleri Delève, 1974 | | | Heterocerus elongatus Grouvelle, 1896 | | | Heterocerus planoincertus R. Charpentier, 1979 | | | Lacon calabaricus Candeze, 1874 | | | Meristhus (Meristhus) lepidotus Palisot de B..., 1805 | | | Microlycus pulcherrimus Kerrich, 1969 | | | Ora multiguttata Pic, 1928 | | | Parataenia chrysochlora Palisot de B..., 1805 | | | Potamodytes tuberosus Hinton, 1937 | Red pricklypoppy | | Propsephus (Propsephus) elimatus Candeze, 1859 | | | Ptilodactyla punctatostriata Murray, 1868 | | | Sphenoptera delegorguei Thomson, 1878 | | | Sphenoptera quinquepunctata Gory & Laporte, 1839 | | | Tetralobus (Tetralobus) auripilis Laurent, 1964 | | | Tetralobus (Tetralobus) candezei Fleutiaux, 1919 | | | Tetralobus (Tetralobus) polyphemus Boheman, 1851 | | | Tetralobus (Tetralobus) punctatus Candeze, 1857 | | | Tetralobus (Tetralobus) savagei Hope, 1842 | | | Tristria conops Karsch, 1896 | | | Tristria discoidalis Bolivar, 1890 | | | Tristria marginicosta Karsch, 1896 | | | Tristria pallida Karny, 1907 | |
Subnodes of Elateriformia with occurrences in Nigeria | Superfamily | Buprestoidea
Leach, 1815
Jewel Beetles, Metallic Wood Boring Beetles, Metallic wood-boring beetles | 1
4
16 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Byrrhoidea
Latreille, 1804
Byrrhids, Pill Beetles, Water Beetles and Toe-winged Beetles | 1
1
1 | Family
Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Dryopoidea
Hunt & al., 2007
| 5
7
7 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles, Soldier Beetles | 3
9
15 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Scirtoidea
Fleming, 1821
Clambids, Plate-thigh and Marsh Beetles | 1
1
1 | Family
Genus
Species |
Taxom
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