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Checklist for Subfamily Elaterinae Leach, 1815
and region North Europe (Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1151
23291
115322
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1145
23270
115280
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1016
22709
113796
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
588
18355
100567
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
150
5902
23455
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
132
5211
20097
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
29
535
1972
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles
13
306
929
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyElateridae
Leach, 1815
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles
154
504
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyElaterinae
Leach, 1815
37
163
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for North Europe
37 Genera with 163 Species
#ABCDEGHIMOPRST
Adrastus Eschscholtz, 17858SpeciesTaxom
Agriotella Brown, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Agriotes Eschscholtz, 180224SpeciesTaxom
Ampedus Dejean, 197659SpeciesTaxom
Anilicus Candeze, 1863
0SpeciesTaxom
Augenotus Gullan, 1977
0SpeciesTaxom
Betarmon Kiesenwetter, 18031SpeciesTaxom
Brachygonus Buysson, 18553SpeciesTaxom
Cardiorhinus Eschscholtz, 1829
0SpeciesTaxom
Corymbites Latreille, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Dalopius Eschscholtz, 19345SpeciesTaxom
Deromecus Solier, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Diaraphes Yablokov-Khn..., 19611SpeciesTaxom
Dolerosomus Motschulsky, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Ectinus Eschscholtz, 17611SpeciesTaxom
Elater minutus Linn..., 186910SpeciesTaxom
Elatron Yablokov-Khn..., 19611SpeciesTaxom
Glyphonyx Candeze, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Haterumelater Ohira, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Holopleurus Yablokov-Khn..., 19611SpeciesTaxom
Idolus Desbrochers, 18542SpeciesTaxom
Ischnodes Germar, 17933SpeciesTaxom
Megapenthes Eschscholtz, 20044SpeciesTaxom
Melanotus Schwarz, 1784Click Beetle18SpeciesTaxom
Melanoxanthus Eschscholtz, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Mulsanteus Gozis, 1882Brown Wireworms1SpeciesTaxom
Ochosternus Candeze, 1863
0SpeciesTaxom
Orthoraphes Yablokov-Khn..., 19611SpeciesTaxom
Podeonius Kiesenwetter, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Pomachilius Eschscholtz, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Porthmidius Germar, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Priopus Laporte, 19022SpeciesTaxom
Procraerus Reitter, 18352SpeciesTaxom
Reitterelater Platia & Cate, 02SpeciesTaxom
Sericus Eschscholtz, 18935SpeciesTaxom
Synaptus Eschscholtz, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Tetraraphes Yablokov-Khn..., 19611SpeciesTaxom


Species list for North Europe
163 Species and 3 Subspecies
Adrastus axillaris Erichson, 1841
Adrastus kryshtali Dolin, 1988
Adrastus lacertosus Erichson, 1841
Adrastus limbatus (Fabricius, 1777)⇒ Adrastus pallens Fabricius, 1792
Adrastus montanus Scopoli, 1763
Adrastus nitidulus (Marsham, 1802)⇒ Adrastus pallens Fabricius, 1792
Adrastus pallens Fabricius, 1792
Adrastus rachifer Geoffroy, 1785
Agriotella californica Schaeffer, 1917
Agriotes (Agriodrastus) pallidulus Illiger, 1807
Agriotes (Agriotes) acuminatus Stephens, 1830
Agriotes (Agriotes) brevis Candeze, 1863
Agriotes (Agriotes) francki Fleutiaux, 1934
Agriotes (Agriotes) fucosus LeConte, 1853
Agriotes (Agriotes) gallicus Lacordaire, 1835
Agriotes (Agriotes) gurgistanus Faldermann, 1835
Agriotes (Agriotes) limosus LeConte, 1853Little brown click beetle
Agriotes (Agriotes) lineatus Linnaeus, 1767Click Beetles
Agriotes (Agriotes) mancus Say, 1823Wheat wireworm
Agriotes (Agriotes) medvedevi Dolin, 1960
Agriotes (Agriotes) modestus Kiesenwetter, 1858
Agriotes (Agriotes) obscurus Linnaeus, 1758Click beetle
Agriotes (Agriotes) pallidulus Illiger, 1807
Agriotes (Agriotes) pilosellus Schönherr, 1817
Agriotes (Agriotes) proximus Schwarz, 1891
Agriotes (Agriotes) sordidus Illiger, 1807Click beetle
Agriotes (Agriotes) sparsus LeConte, 1884Western wireworm
Agriotes (Agriotes) sputator Linnaeus, 1758Common click beetle
Agriotes (Agriotes) stabilis LeConte, 1853
Agriotes (Agriotes) tauricus Heyden, 1882
Agriotes (Agriotes) ustulatus Schaller, 1783
Agriotes aterrimus (Linnaeus, 1760)⇒ Ectinus aterrimus Linnaeus, 1761
Agriotes elongatus Marsham, 1802
Ampedus (Ampedus) aethiops (Lacordaire, 1835)⇒ Ampedus nigerrimus Lacordaire, 1835
Ampedus (Ampedus) apicatus Say, 1834
Ampedus (Ampedus) areolatus Say, 1823
Ampedus (Ampedus) aurilegulus Schaufuss, 1863
Ampedus (Ampedus) auripes Reitter, 1895
Ampedus (Ampedus) balteatus Linnaeus, 1758
Ampedus (Ampedus) bouweri Schimmel, 1984
Ampedus (Ampedus) brunnicornis Germar, 1844
Ampedus (Ampedus) cardinalis Schiödte, 1865Cardinal Click Beetle
Ampedus (Ampedus) cinnabarinus Eschscholtz, 1829
Ampedus (Ampedus) cinnaberinus Eschscholtz, 1829
Ampedus (Ampedus) deletus LeConte, 1853
Ampedus (Ampedus) elegantulus Schönherr, 1817
Ampedus (Ampedus) elongatulus Fabricius, 1787
Ampedus (Ampedus) erythrogonus P. W. J. Mül..., 1821
Ampedus (Ampedus) francolinus Bouwer, 1984
Ampedus (Ampedus) glycereus (Herbst, 1784)⇒ Ampedus elongatulus Fabricius, 1787
Ampedus (Ampedus) hjorti B. G. Rye, 1905
Ampedus (Ampedus) impressicollis Bouwer, 1984
Ampedus (Ampedus) karpathicus Buysson, 1886
Ampedus (Ampedus) lepidus Mäklin, 1878
Ampedus (Ampedus) linteus Say, 1839
Ampedus (Ampedus) luctuosus LeConte, 1853
Ampedus (Ampedus) melanurus Mulsant & Gu..., 1855
Ampedus (Ampedus) militaris Harris, 1836
Ampedus (Ampedus) nemoralis Bouwer, 1980
Ampedus (Ampedus) nigerrimus Lacordaire, 1835
Ampedus (Ampedus) nigrinus Herbst, 1784
Ampedus (Ampedus) nigroflavus Goeze, 1777
Ampedus (Ampedus) nigrotinctus Gistel, 1857
Ampedus (Ampedus) ochropterus Germar, 1844
Ampedus (Ampedus) pomonae (Stephens, 1830)⇒ Ampedus quercicola Buysson, 1887
Ampedus (Ampedus) pomorum Herbst, 1784
Ampedus (Ampedus) praeustus Fabricius, 1792
Ampedus (Ampedus) protervus LeConte, 1853
Ampedus (Ampedus) pullus Germar, 1844
Ampedus (Ampedus) quadrisignatus Gyllenhal, 1817
Ampedus (Ampedus) quercicola Buysson, 1887
Ampedus (Ampedus) rufipennis Stephens, 1830Red-horned Cardinal Click Beetle
Ampedus (Ampedus) sanguineus Linnaeus, 1758Cardinal click beetle
Ampedus (Ampedus) sanguinolentus Schrank, 1776
Ampedus (Ampedus) scrofa Germar, 1844
Ampedus (Ampedus) semicinctus Randall, 1838
Ampedus (Ampedus) sinuatus Germar, 1844
Ampedus (Ampedus) suecicus Palm, 1976
Ampedus (Ampedus) triangulum Dorn, 1924
Ampedus (Ampedus) tristis Linnaeus, 1758
Ampedus (Ampedus) vitiosus LeConte, 1853
Ampedus (Ampedus) ziegleri Zeising, 1983
Ampedus borealis (Palm, 1947)⇒ Ampedus suecicus Palm, 1976
Ampedus brigittae (Bouwer, 1980)⇒ Ampedus pomorum Herbst, 1784
Ampedus elongantulus Fabricius, 1787
Ampedus robustus (Bouwer, 1980)⇒ Ampedus pomorum Herbst, 1784
Ampedus ruficeps (Mulsant & Gu..., 1855)⇒ Brachygonus ruficeps Mulsant & Gu..., 1855
Ampedus seyfriedii O. Heer, 1847
Ampedus sorsakoskii Hellen, 1934
Ampedus triangularis Dorn, 1925
Ampedus triangulus (Bouwer, 1980)⇒ Ampedus triangulum Dorn, 1924
Ampedus vandalitiae Lohse, 1976
Betarmon bisbimaculatus Fabricius, 1803
Brachygonus dubius Platia & Cate, 1990
Brachygonus megerlei Lacordaire, 1835
Brachygonus ruficeps Mulsant & Gu..., 1855
Corymbites melancholicus Fabricius, 1798
Dalopius asellus Brown, 1934
Dalopius marginatus Linnaeus, 1758
Dalopius pallidus Brown, 1934
Dalopius tristis Brown, 1934
Dalopius vagus Brown, 1934
Deromecus agriotes Candeze, 1878
Diaraphes kozhantshikovi Iablokov-Khn..., 1961
Dolerosomus silaceus Say, 1825
Ectinus aterrimus Linnaeus, 1761
Elater (Elater) ferrugineus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Betarmon bisbimaculatus Fabricius, 1803
Elater ferrugineus ferrugineus Linnaeus, 1758
Elater (Octamenogonoides) gebleri Iablokov-Khn..., 1961
Elater costeri Weyenbergh, 1869
Elater grossus Weyenbergh, 1869
Elater holmgreni Heer, 1870
Elater neptuni Giebel, 1856
Elater propheticus
Elater purbeccensis Giebel, 1856
Elater teyleri Weyenbergh, 1869
Elatron semenovi Iablokov-Khn..., 1961
Glyphonyx inquinatus Say, 1834
Haterumelater tauricola Gurjeva, 1957
Holopleurus succineus Iablokov-Khn..., 1961
Idolus debilis LeConte, 1884
Idolus picipennis Bach, 1854
Ischnodes gracilis Heer, 1847
Ischnodes sanguinicollis Panzer, 1793
Ischnodes sanguinicollis sanguinicollis Panzer, 1793
Megapenthes caprella LeConte, 1857
Megapenthes lugens Redtenbacher, 1842The Queen's Executioner
Megapenthes primaevus H. F. Wickham, 1916
Megapenthes sechuanensis Schimmel, 2004
Melanotus (Melanotus) americanus Herbst, 1806
Melanotus (Melanotus) brunnipes Germar, 1824
Melanotus (Melanotus) castanipes Paykull, 1800
Melanotus (Melanotus) communis Gyllenhal, 1817Common wireworm
Melanotus (Melanotus) crassicollis Erichson, 1841
Melanotus (Melanotus) dichrous Erichson, 1841Click beetle
Melanotus (Melanotus) fusciceps Gyllenhal, 1817
Melanotus (Melanotus) hapatesus Candeze, 1880
Melanotus (Melanotus) niger Lee, 1998
Melanotus (Melanotus) punctolineatus Pelerin, 1829Sandwich Click Beetle
Melanotus (Melanotus) similis Kirby, 1837
Melanotus (Melanotus) spadix Erichson, 1842
Melanotus (Melanotus) tenebrosus Erichson, 1841
Melanotus (Melanotus) villosus (Geoffroy, 1785)⇒ Melanotus fusciceps Gyllenhal, 1817
Melanotus erythropus Gmelin, 1790
Melanotus horizontalis
Melanotus phillipsii
Melanotus rufipes Herbst, 1784
Melanoxanthus comptus Van Zwaluwen..., 1928
Mulsanteus anchastinus Candeze, 1882
Orthoraphes reichardti S. M. Yablok..., 1961
Podeonius acuticornis Germar, 1824
Pomachilius hallomenus Candeze, 1860
Porthmidius austriacus Schrank, 1781
Priopus nitidicollis Schwarz, 1902
Priopus ruficollis Schwarz, 1902
Procraerus (Procraerus) carinifrons Desbrochers ..., 1875
Procraerus (Procraerus) tibialis Lacordaire, 1835
Reitterelater dubius (Platia & Cate, 1990)⇒ Brachygonus dubius Platia & Cate, 1990
Reitterelater megerlei
Sericus (Sericoderma) subaeneus Redtenbacher, 1842
Sericus (Sericus) brunneus Linnaeus, 1759
Sericus brunneus brunneus Linnaeus, 1758
Sericus (Sericus) viridanus Say, 1825
Sericus sulcipennis Buysson, 1893
Synaptus filiformis Fabricius, 1781Hairy Click Beetle
Tetraraphes ebersini Iablokov-Khn..., 1961

Subnodes of Elaterinae with occurrences in North Europe
TribeAgriotini
Laporte, 1840
3
31
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeAmpedini
Gistel, 1856
13
92
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeElaterini
Leach, 1815
6
17
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeMegapenthini
Gurjeva, 1973
5
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribePomachiliini
Candeze, 1859
9
15
Genera
Species

Taxom



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