Checklist of Infraorder Elateriformia Crowson, 1960
for Venezuela (Northern South America)
List of families for Venezuela
20 Families width 331 Species and 5 Subspecies | Artematopodidae Lacordaire, 1857 | Soft bodied plant beetle | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Buprestidae Leach, 1815 | Flat-headed wood-borers | 19 | Species | Taxom | | Byrrhidae Latreille, 1804 | Moss beetles | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856 | Cantharids | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Cerophytidae Latreille, 1834 | Cerophytid beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chelonariidae Blanchard, 1845 | Chelonarid beetles | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Dryopidae Billberg, 1820 | Long toed water beetle | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Elateridae Leach, 1815 | Click Beetle | 143 | Species | Taxom | | Elmidae Curtis, 1830 | Drive beetles | 54 | Species | Taxom | | Eucnemidae Eschscholtz, 1829 | Click Beetles | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Heteroceridae MacLeay, 1825 | Mud beetles | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Lampyridae Latreille, 1817 | Fireflies | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Limnichidae Erichson, 1846 | Minute marsh loving beetle | 27 | Species | Taxom | | Lutrochidae Kasap & Crowson, 1975 | Robust marsh loving beetle | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Lycidae Laporte, 1836 | Lycid beetles | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Phengodidae LeConte, 1861 | Glow-worms | 31 | Species | Taxom | | Psephenidae Lacordaire, 1854 | Water pennies | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ptilodactylidae Laporte, 1836 | Ptilodactylid beetles | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Scirtidae Fleming, 1821 | Marsh Beetle | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Throscidae Laporte, 1840 | False metallic wood-boring beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Elateriformia with occurrences in Venezuela | Superfamily | Buprestoidea
Leach, 1815
Jewel Beetles, Metallic Wood Boring Beetles, Metallic wood-boring beetles | 1
14
19 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Byrrhoidea
Latreille, 1804
Byrrhids, Pill Beetles, Water Beetles and Toe-winged Beetles | 2
3
8 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Dryopoidea
Hunt & al., 2007
| 7
46
100 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles, Soldier Beetles | 9
84
202 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Scirtoidea
Fleming, 1821
Clambids, Plate-thigh and Marsh Beetles | 1
1
2 | Family
Genus
Species |
Taxom
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