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Checklist for Subfamily Elaterinae Leach, 1815
and region Mississippi (USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
415
3421
6957
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
412
3415
6951
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
393
3346
6803
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
267
2730
5515
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
80
922
1651
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
73
785
1309
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
15
88
142
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles
5
43
56
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyElateridae
Leach, 1815
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles
23
26
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyElaterinae
Leach, 1815
10
9
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Mississippi
10 Genera with 9 Species
Adrastus Eschscholtz, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Ampedus Dejean, 18232SpeciesTaxom
Blauta LeConte, 1853
0SpeciesTaxom
Dicrepidius Eschscholtz, 18052SpeciesTaxom
Dipropus Germar, 1839
0SpeciesTaxom
Megapenthes Eschscholtz, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Melanotus Schwarz, 1844Click Beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Monocrepidius Eschscholtz, 1829
0SpeciesTaxom
Orthostethus Lacordaire, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Parallelostethus Schwarz, 18251SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Mississippi
9 Species
Adrastus pallens Fabricius, 1792
Ampedus (Ampedus) nigricollis Herbst, 1806
Ampedus (Ampedus) sanguinipennis Say, 1823
Dicrepidius palmatus Candeze, 1859
Dicrepidius ramicornis Palisot de B..., 1805
Megapenthes insignis LeConte, 1884
Melanotus (Melanotus) ignobilis Melsheimer, 1844
Orthostethus infuscatus Germar, 1844
Parallelostethus attenuatus Say, 1825

Subnodes of Elaterinae with occurrences in Mississippi
TribeAmpedini
Gistel, 1856
5
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeElaterini
Leach, 1815
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeMegapenthini
Gurjeva, 1973
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribePomachiliini
Candeze, 1859
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Elaterinae at artfakta.se
Elaterinae at dyntaxa.se
Elaterinae at itis.gov