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Checklist for Infraorder Elateriformia Crowson, 1960
and region Valais (Switzerland)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
201
1255
2501
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
201
1255
2501
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
190
1230
2442
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
141
1105
2248
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
55
493
962
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
52
444
805
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
7
68
167
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Valais
7 Families width 167 Species
Elateridae Leach, 1815Click Beetle103SpeciesTaxom
Buprestidae Leach, 1815Flat-headed wood-borers52SpeciesTaxom
Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856Cantharids4SpeciesTaxom
Eucnemidae Eschscholtz, 1829Click Beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Lampyridae Latreille, 1817Fireflies2SpeciesTaxom
Lycidae Laporte, 1836Lycid beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Throscidae Laporte, 1840False metallic wood-boring beetles3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Valais
68 Genera with 167 Species
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Actenicerus Kiesenwetter, 17641SpeciesTaxom
Adrastus Eschscholtz, 17855SpeciesTaxom
Agrilus Curtis, 180318SpeciesTaxom
Agriotes Eschscholtz, 17837SpeciesTaxom
Agrypnus Eschscholtz, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Ampedus Dejean, 192422SpeciesTaxom
Ancistronycha Märkel, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Anostirus C.G. Thomson, 18433SpeciesTaxom
Anthaxia Eschscholtz, 180110SpeciesTaxom
Aphanisticus Latrielle, 17902SpeciesTaxom
Aplotarsus Stephens, 18271SpeciesTaxom
Athous Eschscholtz, 17776SpeciesTaxom
Berninelsonius Leseigneur, 18271SpeciesTaxom
Betarmon Kiesenwetter, 18031SpeciesTaxom
Brachygonus Buysson, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Brachys Dejean, 18451SpeciesTaxom
Buprestis Linnaeus, 1758Jewel Beetle4SpeciesTaxom
Cantharis Linnaeus, 17833SpeciesTaxom
Cardiophorus Eschscholtz, 18407SpeciesTaxom
Chalcophora Dejean, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Chrysobothris Eschscholtz, 18373SpeciesTaxom
Cidnopus C.G. Thomson, 17852SpeciesTaxom
Coraebus Laporte de C..., 17871SpeciesTaxom
Ctenicera Latreille, 17813SpeciesTaxom
Dalopius Eschscholtz, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Danosoma C.G. Thomson, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Denticollis Piller & Mit..., 17831SpeciesTaxom
Diacanthous Reitter, 17741SpeciesTaxom
Dicerca Eschscholtz, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Dicronychus Brullé, 17841SpeciesTaxom
Drapetes Dejean, 17891SpeciesTaxom
Ectinus Eschscholtz, 17611SpeciesTaxom
Elater minutus Linn..., 19322SpeciesTaxom
Eucnemis Lindl., 18121SpeciesTaxom
Hemicrepidius Germar, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Hypnoidus Dillwyn, 18082SpeciesTaxom
Idolus Desbrochers, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Ischnodes Germar, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Lacon Laporte, 17792SpeciesTaxom
Lamprodila Motschulsky, 17774SpeciesTaxom
Lampyris Geoffroy, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Limonius Eschscholtz, 1758Dark Brown Click Beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Lucidota Laporte, 17901SpeciesTaxom
Lygistopterus Mulsant, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Malthodes Kiesenwetter, 1852
0SpeciesTaxom
Megapenthes Eschscholtz, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Melanophila Eschscholtz, 17741SpeciesTaxom
Melanotus Schwarz, 1829Click Beetle3SpeciesTaxom
Melasis Olivier, 17611SpeciesTaxom
Meliboeus Deyrolle, 18461SpeciesTaxom
Nothodes LeConte, 17991SpeciesTaxom
Paracardiophorus Schwarz, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Paraphotistus Kishii, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Phaenops Eschscholtz, 19132SpeciesTaxom
Pheletes Kiesenwetter, 17741SpeciesTaxom
Porthmidius Germar, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Procraerus Reitter, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Prosternon Latreille, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Ptosima Dejean, 17841SpeciesTaxom
Quasimus des Gozis, 18171SpeciesTaxom
Reitterelater Platia & Cate, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Selatosomus Stephens, 18303SpeciesTaxom
Sericus Eschscholtz, 17591SpeciesTaxom
Stenagostus Thomson, 17742SpeciesTaxom
Synaptus Eschscholtz, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Trachys Fabricius, 18572SpeciesTaxom
Trixagus Kugelann, 18273SpeciesTaxom
Zorochros C.G. Thomson, 18403SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Valais
167 Species
Actenicerus (Actenicerus) sjaelandicus (Müller, 1764)⇒ Athous haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1801
Adrastus axillaris Erichson, 1841
Adrastus lacertosus Erichson, 1841
Adrastus limbatus (Fabricius, 1777)⇒ Adrastus pallens Fabricius, 1792
Adrastus pallens Fabricius, 1792
Adrastus rachifer Geoffroy, 1785
Agrilus (Agrilus) arcuatus Say, 1825Hickory spiral borer
Agrilus (Agrilus) betuleti Ratzeburg, 1837
Agrilus (Agrilus) biguttatus Fabricius, 1777Oak buprestid
Agrilus (Agrilus) convexicollis Redtenbacher, 1849
Agrilus (Agrilus) cuprescens Ménétriés, 1832Rose stem girdler
Agrilus (Agrilus) cyanescens Ratzeburg, 1837Bluish Borer Beetle
Agrilus (Agrilus) derasofasciatus Lacordaire, 1835Metallic wood-boring beetle
Agrilus (Agrilus) graminis Gory & Laporte, 1837
Agrilus (Agrilus) hyperici Creutzer, 1799St John's-wort root borer
Agrilus (Agrilus) obscuricollis Kiesenwetter, 1857
Agrilus (Agrilus) olivicolor Kiesenwetter, 1857
Agrilus (Agrilus) politus (Say, 1825)⇒ Agrilus cuprescens cuprescens Ménétriés, 1832
Agrilus (Agrilus) pratensis Ratzeburg, 1837
Agrilus (Agrilus) sinuatus Olivier, 1790Hawthorn Jewel Beetle
Agrilus (Agrilus) sulcicollis Lacordaire, 1835European oak borer
Agrilus (Agrilus) viridis Linnaeus, 1758Beech agrilus
Agrilus (Anambus) angustulus Illiger, 1803Oak borer
Agrilus (Anambus) laticornis Illiger, 1803
Agriotes (Agriotes) gallicus Lacordaire, 1835
Agriotes (Agriotes) lineatus Linnaeus, 1767Click Beetles
Agriotes (Agriotes) litigiosus P. Rossi, 1792
Agriotes (Agriotes) obscurus Linnaeus, 1758Click beetle
Agriotes (Agriotes) pilosellus Schönherr, 1817
Agriotes (Agriotes) sputator Linnaeus, 1758Common click beetle
Agriotes (Agriotes) ustulatus Schaller, 1783
Agrypnus murinus Linnaeus, 1758Mousegrey click beetle
Ampedus (Ampedus) apicatus Say, 1834
Ampedus (Ampedus) auripes Reitter, 1895
Ampedus (Ampedus) balteatus Linnaeus, 1758
Ampedus (Ampedus) brunnicornis Germar, 1844
Ampedus (Ampedus) cinnabarinus Eschscholtz, 1829
Ampedus (Ampedus) cinnaberinus Eschscholtz, 1829
Ampedus (Ampedus) elegantulus Schönherr, 1817
Ampedus (Ampedus) elongatulus Fabricius, 1787
Ampedus (Ampedus) erythrogonus P. W. J. Mül..., 1821
Ampedus (Ampedus) melanurus Mulsant & Gu..., 1855
Ampedus (Ampedus) nigerrimus Lacordaire, 1835
Ampedus (Ampedus) nigrinus Herbst, 1784
Ampedus (Ampedus) nigroflavus Goeze, 1777
Ampedus (Ampedus) pomonae (Stephens, 1830)⇒ Ampedus quercicola Buysson, 1887
Ampedus (Ampedus) pomorum Herbst, 1784
Ampedus (Ampedus) praeustus Fabricius, 1792
Ampedus (Ampedus) quercicola Buysson, 1887
Ampedus (Ampedus) sanguineus Linnaeus, 1758Cardinal click beetle
Ampedus (Ampedus) sanguinolentus Schrank, 1776
Ampedus (Ampedus) scrofa Germar, 1844
Ampedus (Ampedus) sinuatus Germar, 1844
Ampedus (Ampedus) triangulum Dorn, 1924
Ancistronycha abdominalis Fabricius, 1798Blue Soldier Beetle
Anostirus (Ipostirus) gracilicollis Stierlin, 1896
Anostirus (Parastirus) purpureus Poda, 1761
Anostirus (Pseudostirus) sulphuripennis Germar, 1843
Anthaxia (Anthaxia) manca Linnaeus, 1767
Anthaxia (Anthaxia) nitidula Linnaeus, 1758
Anthaxia (Anthaxia) salicis Fabricius, 1776Pasture splendour beetle
Anthaxia (Cratomerus) hungarica Scopoli, 1772
Anthaxia (Melanthaxia) godeti Gory & Laporte, 1839
Anthaxia (Melanthaxia) helvetica Stierlin, 1868
Anthaxia (Melanthaxia) istriana Rosenhauer, 1847
Anthaxia (Melanthaxia) morio Fabricius, 1793
Anthaxia (Melanthaxia) quadripunctata Linnaeus, 1758Metallic wood-boring beetle
Anthaxia (Melanthaxia) sepulchralis Fabricius, 1801
Aphanisticus emarginatus Olivier, 1790
Aphanisticus pusillus Olivier, 1790
Aplotarsus incanus Gyllenhal, 1827
Athous (Athous) haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1801Click Beetle
Athous (Athous) vittatus Fabricius, 1792
Athous (Haplathous) emaciatus Candeze, 1860
Athous (Haplathous) subfuscus O. F. Müller, 1764
Athous (Haplathous) zebei Bach, 1852
Athous (Orthathous) bicolor (Goeze, 1777)⇒ Elathous bicolor LeConte, 1853
Berninelsonius hyperboreus Gyllenhal, 1827
Betarmon bisbimaculatus Fabricius, 1803
Brachygonus ruficeps Mulsant & Gu..., 1855
Brachys aerosus Melsheimer, 1845
Buprestis (Buprestis) haemorrhoidalis Herbst, 1780
Buprestis (Buprestis) novemmaculata (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Ptosima undecimmaculata undecimmaculata Herbst, 1784
Buprestis (Buprestis) octoguttata Linnaeus, 1758
Buprestis (Buprestis) rustica (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Poecilonota variolosa variolosa Paykull, 1799
Cantharis (Cantharis) livida Linnaeus, 1758Gray bushmallow
Cantharis (Cyrtomoptila) pagana Rosenhauer, 1847
Cantharis coccinea Schaller, 1783
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) asellus Erichson, 1840
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) ebeninus Germar, 1824
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) gramineus Scopoli, 1763
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) nigerrimus Erichson, 1840
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) ruficollis Linnaeus, 1758
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) rufipes Goeze, 1777
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) vestigialis Erichson, 1840
Chalcophora mariana Linnaeus, 1758Flatheaded pine borer
Chrysobothris (Chrysobothris) affinis Fabricius, 1794Beetle
Chrysobothris (Chrysobothris) chrysostigma Linnaeus, 1758
Chrysobothris (Chrysobothris) solieri Gory & Laporte, 1837
Cidnopus aeruginosus Olivier, 1790
Cidnopus pilosus Leske, 1785
Coraebus undatus Fabricius, 1787Wellenbindige oak splendour beetle
Ctenicera cuprea Fabricius, 1781
Ctenicera pectinicornis Linnaeus, 1758
Ctenicera virens Schrank, 1781
Dalopius marginatus Linnaeus, 1758
Danosoma conspersum Gyllenhal, 1808
Danosoma fasciatum Linnaeus, 1758
Denticollis rubens Piller & Mit..., 1783
Diacanthous undulatus De Geer, 1774
Dicerca (Dicerca) alni Fischer von ..., 1824
Dicronychus cinereus Herbst, 1784
Drapetes (Drapetes) mordelloides Host, 1789
Ectinus aterrimus Linnaeus, 1761
Elater (Elater) ferrugineus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Betarmon bisbimaculatus Fabricius, 1803
Elater bimaculatus (Van Dyke, 1932)⇒ Ampedus yushiroi W. Suzuki, 1985
Eucnemis capucina Ahr., 1812False click beetle
Hemicrepidius (Hemicrepidius) hirtus Herbst, 1784
Hemicrepidius (Hemicrepidius) niger (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Hemicrepidius hirtus Herbst, 1784
Hypnoidus riparius Fabricius, 1792
Hypnoidus rivularius Gyllenhal, 1808
Idolus picipennis Bach, 1854
Ischnodes sanguinicollis Panzer, 1793
Lacon lepidopterus Panzer, 1801
Lacon punctatus Herbst, 1779
Lamprodila decipiens Gebler, 1847
Lamprodila festiva Linnaeus, 1767Cypress Jewel Beetle
Lamprodila mirifica Mulsant, 1855
Lamprodila rutilans Fabricius, 1777Linden burncow
Lampyris (Lampyris) noctiluca Linnaeus, 1767Common glow-worm
Limonius (Limonius) minutus Linnaeus, 1758
Lucidota atra Olivier, 1790Black Firefly
Lygistopterus sanguineus Linnaeus, 1758
Megapenthes lugens Redtenbacher, 1842The Queen's Executioner
Melanophila acuminata De Geer, 1774Black fire beetle
Melanotus (Melanotus) castanipes Paykull, 1800
Melanotus (Melanotus) crassicollis Erichson, 1841
Melanotus (Melanotus) punctolineatus Pelerin, 1829Sandwich Click Beetle
Melasis buprestoides Linnaeus, 1761
Meliboeus (Meliboeus) fulgidicollis Lucas, 1846
Nothodes parvulus Panzer, 1799
Paracardiophorus musculus Erichson, 1840
Paraphotistus (Paraphotistus) impressus Fabricius, 1792
Phaenops cyanea (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Melanophila cyanea Fabricius, 1775
Phaenops formaneki Jakobson, 1913
Pheletes aeneoniger DeGeer, 1774
Porthmidius austriacus Schrank, 1781
Procraerus (Procraerus) tibialis Lacordaire, 1835
Prosternon tessellatum Linnaeus, 1758Chequered Click Beetle
Ptosima undecimmaculata Herbst, 1784Plum stem excavator
Quasimus (Quasimus) minutissimus Germar, 1817
Reitterelater dubius (Platia & Cate, 1990)⇒ Brachygonus dubius Platia & Cate, 1990
Selatosomus (Pristilophus) melancholicus Fabricius, 1798
Selatosomus (Selatosomus) aeneus Linnaeus, 1758
Selatosomus (Selatosomus) confluens Gebler, 1830
Sericus (Sericus) brunneus Linnaeus, 1759
Stenagostus rhombeus Olivier, 1808
Stenagostus rufus DeGeer, 1774
Synaptus filiformis Fabricius, 1781Hairy Click Beetle
Trachys minutus Linnaeus, 1758Metallic wood-boring beetle
Trachys scrobiculatus Kiesenwetter, 1857Ground-Ivy Jewel Beetle
Trixagus dermestoides Linnaeus, 1767
Trixagus leseigneuri Muona, 2002
Trixagus obtusus Curtis, 1827
Zorochros (Zorochros) dermestoides (Herbst, 1806)⇒ Zorochros minimus Boisduval & ..., 1835
Zorochros (Zorochros) dufouri Buysson, 1900
Zorochros (Zorochros) meridionalis Laporte, 1840

Subnodes of Elateriformia with occurrences in Valais
SuperfamilyBuprestoidea
Leach, 1815
Jewel Beetles, Metallic Wood Boring Beetles, Metallic wood-boring beetles
1
15
52
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyElateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles, Soldier Beetles
6
53
115
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Elateriformia at itis.gov