Species list, Checklist of Infraorder Elateriformia for US Virgin Islands (Caribbean islands)

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 US Virgin Islands (Caribbean islands)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	118 402 440	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	118 402 440	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	114 387 422	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	79 328 358	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Beetles, Coleopterans	23 79 82	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Polyphaga Emery, 1886 Polyphags	21 74 77	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Elateriformia Crowson, 1960	6 8 10	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for US Virgin Islands
6 Families width 10 Species

Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856	Cantharids	2	Species	Taxom
Buprestidae Leach, 1815	Flat-headed wood-borers	4	Species	Taxom
Dryopidae Billberg, 1820	Long toed water beetle	1	Species	Taxom
Elateridae Leach, 1815	Click Beetle	1	Species	Taxom
Eucnemidae Eschscholtz, 1829	Click Beetles	1	Species	Taxom
Heteroceridae MacLeay, 1825	Mud beetles	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for US Virgin Islands
8 Genera with 10 Species

Caccodes Sharp, 1986	1	Species	Taxom
Chrysobothris Eschscholtz, 1790	2	Species	Taxom
Helichus Erichson, 1852	1	Species	Taxom
Lepidelter	1	Species	Taxom
Polycesta Dejean, 1838	2	Species	Taxom
Portofarsus	1	Species	Taxom
Tropicus Pacheco, 0	1	Species	Taxom
Tytthonyx LeConte, 1992	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for US Virgin Islands
10 Species

Caccodes iviei Wittmer, 1986
Chrysobothris frontiscalla Domínguez & ..., 1971
Chrysobothris tranquebarica Gmelin, 1790	Australian pine borer
Helichus striatus LeConte, 1852
Lepidelter misticius
Polycesta porcata Fabricius, 1775
Polycesta thomae Chevrolat, 1838
Portofarsus caribicus
Tropicus cithara
Tytthonyx (Tytthonyx) virginensis Wittmer, 1992

Subnodes of Elateriformia with occurrences in US Virgin Islands

Superfamily	Buprestoidea Leach, 1815 Jewel Beetles, Metallic Wood Boring Beetles, Metallic wood-boring beetles	1 2 4	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Dryopoidea Hunt & al., 2007	2 2 2	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Elateroidea Leach, 1815 Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles, Soldier Beetles	3 4 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Elateriformia at itis.gov