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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
999
17279
73737
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
994
17258
73681
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
883
16814
72502
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
498
13287
62755
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
137
4461
21671
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
120
4009
18605
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
23
393
1560
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles
9
228
834
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyElateridae
Leach, 1815
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles
127
479
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyElaterinae
Leach, 1815
38
165
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West Europe
38 Genera with 165 Species
#ABCDEGIMPRS
Adrastus Eschscholtz, 19747SpeciesTaxom
Agriotes Eschscholtz, 178325SpeciesTaxom
Ampedus Dejean, 185552SpeciesTaxom
Anchastus LeConte, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Anilicus Candeze, 1863
0SpeciesTaxom
Betarmon Kiesenwetter, 18031SpeciesTaxom
Brachygonus Buysson, 18555SpeciesTaxom
Campylomorphus Jacquelin Du..., 18071SpeciesTaxom
Cardiorhinus Eschscholtz, 1829
0SpeciesTaxom
Corymbites Latreille, 17752SpeciesTaxom
Crepidius Candeze, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Cryptohypnus Eschscholtz, 1836
0SpeciesTaxom
Dalopius Eschscholtz, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Deromecus Solier, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Dicrepidius Eschscholtz, 18892SpeciesTaxom
Dipropus Germar, 18011SpeciesTaxom
Dolerosomus Motschulsky, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Ectamenogonus Buysson, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Ectinus Eschscholtz, 17611SpeciesTaxom
Elater minutus Linn..., 177614SpeciesTaxom
Glyphonyx Candeze, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Idolus Desbrochers, 18543SpeciesTaxom
Ischnodes Germar, 17932SpeciesTaxom
Megapenthes Eschscholtz, 19322SpeciesTaxom
Melanotus Schwarz, 1784Click Beetle19SpeciesTaxom
Melanoxanthus Eschscholtz, 19481SpeciesTaxom
Mulsanteus Gozis, 1853Brown Wireworms1SpeciesTaxom
Peripontius Gurjeva, 18412SpeciesTaxom
Physorhinus Germar, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Pittonotus Kiesenwetter, 18171SpeciesTaxom
Podeonius Kiesenwetter, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Pomachilius Eschscholtz, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Porthmidius Germar, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Procraerus Reitter, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Propsephus Hyslop, 1921
0SpeciesTaxom
Reitterelater Platia & Cate, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Sericus Eschscholtz, 18939SpeciesTaxom
Synaptus Eschscholtz, 17811SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Europe
165 Species and 3 Subspecies
Adrastus axillaris Erichson, 1841
Adrastus lacertosus Erichson, 1841
Adrastus limbatus (Fabricius, 1777)⇒ Adrastus pallens Fabricius, 1792
Adrastus montanus Scopoli, 1763
Adrastus pallens Fabricius, 1792
Adrastus rachifer Geoffroy, 1785
Adrastus temperei Leseigneur, 1974
Agriotes (Agriotes) acuminatus Stephens, 1830
Agriotes (Agriotes) brevis Candeze, 1863
Agriotes (Agriotes) colchicus Gurjeva, 1975
Agriotes (Agriotes) collaris (LeConte, 1853)⇒ Agriotes crassiusculus Platia & Gud..., 1998
Agriotes (Agriotes) corsicus Candeze, 1863
Agriotes (Agriotes) dehiscans Gistel, 1857
Agriotes (Agriotes) fucosus LeConte, 1853
Agriotes (Agriotes) gallicus Lacordaire, 1835
Agriotes (Agriotes) infuscatus Desbrochers ..., 1870
Agriotes (Agriotes) limosus LeConte, 1853Little brown click beetle
Agriotes (Agriotes) lineatus Linnaeus, 1767Click Beetles
Agriotes (Agriotes) litigiosus P. Rossi, 1792
Agriotes (Agriotes) medvedevi Dolin, 1960
Agriotes (Agriotes) modestus Kiesenwetter, 1858
Agriotes (Agriotes) obscurus Linnaeus, 1758Click beetle
Agriotes (Agriotes) oreas Gistel, 1857
Agriotes (Agriotes) pallidulus Illiger, 1807
Agriotes (Agriotes) paludum Kiesenwetter, 1859
Agriotes (Agriotes) pilosellus Schönherr, 1817
Agriotes (Agriotes) proximus Schwarz, 1891
Agriotes (Agriotes) sordidus Illiger, 1807Click beetle
Agriotes (Agriotes) sputator Linnaeus, 1758Common click beetle
Agriotes (Agriotes) stabilis LeConte, 1853
Agriotes (Agriotes) tauricus Heyden, 1882
Agriotes (Agriotes) ustulatus Schaller, 1783
Ampedus (Ampedus) aethiops (Lacordaire, 1835)⇒ Ampedus nigerrimus Lacordaire, 1835
Ampedus (Ampedus) apicatus Say, 1834
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) corsicus Reitter, 1918
Ampedus (Ampedus) elegantulus Schönherr, 1817
Ampedus (Ampedus) elongatulus Fabricius, 1787
Ampedus (Ampedus) erythrogonus P. W. J. Mül..., 1821
Ampedus (Ampedus) forticornis Schwarz, 1900
Ampedus (Ampedus) fusculus LeConte, 1853
Ampedus (Ampedus) gallicus Bouwer, 1990
Ampedus (Ampedus) glycereus (Herbst, 1784)⇒ Ampedus elongatulus Fabricius, 1787
Ampedus (Ampedus) hjorti B. G. Rye, 1905
Ampedus (Ampedus) karpathicus Buysson, 1886
Ampedus (Ampedus) linteus Say, 1839
Ampedus (Ampedus) luctuosus LeConte, 1853
Ampedus (Ampedus) melanurus Mulsant & Gu..., 1855
Ampedus (Ampedus) melinus LeConte, 1884
Ampedus (Ampedus) militaris Harris, 1836
Ampedus (Ampedus) miniipennis LeConte, 1853
Ampedus (Ampedus) mixtus Herbst, 1806
Ampedus (Ampedus) nemoralis Bouwer, 1980
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) protervus LeConte, 1853
Ampedus (Ampedus) pullus Germar, 1844
Ampedus (Ampedus) quadrisignatus Gyllenhal, 1817
Ampedus (Ampedus) quercicola Buysson, 1887
Ampedus (Ampedus) rimmae Dolin & Chan..., 1989
Ampedus (Ampedus) rubricus Say, 1825Red-headed Click Beetle
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) vandalitlae Lohse, 1976
Ampedus (Ampedus) vitiosus LeConte, 1853
Ampedus ruficeps (Mulsant & Gu..., 1855)⇒ Brachygonus ruficeps Mulsant & Gu..., 1855
Anchastus (Anchastus) insularis Candeze, 1889
Betarmon bisbimaculatus Fabricius, 1803
Brachygonus bouyoni Chassain, 1992
Brachygonus campadellii Platia & Gud..., 2000
Brachygonus dubius Platia & Cate, 1990
Brachygonus megerlei Lacordaire, 1835
Brachygonus ruficeps Mulsant & Gu..., 1855
Campylomorphus homalisinus Illiger, 1807
Corymbites coreanus (Miwa, 1928)⇒ Selatosomus coreanus Miwa, 1928
Corymbites tesselatus (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Actenicerus tesselatus Fabricius, 1775
Crepidius rhipiphorus Candeze, 1859
Dalopius californicus Mannerheim, 1843
Dalopius cognatus Brown, 1934
Dalopius marginatus Linnaeus, 1758
Deromecus agriotes Candeze, 1878
Dicrepidius distinctus Fleutiaux, 1911
Dicrepidius elegans Fleutiaux & ..., 1889
Dipropus puncticollis Fabricius, 1801
Dolerosomus silaceus Say, 1825
Ectamenogonus montandoni Buysson, 1888
Ectinus aterrimus Linnaeus, 1761
Elater (Elater) ferrugineus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Betarmon bisbimaculatus Fabricius, 1803
Elater ferrugineus ferrugineus Linnaeus, 1758
Elater balteatus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Athous vittatus Fabricius, 1792
Elater bimaculatus (Van Dyke, 1932)⇒ Ampedus yushiroi W. Suzuki, 1985
Elater cinnabarinus (Eschscholtz, 1829)⇒ Ampedus cinnabarinus Eschscholtz, 1829
Elater crocatus (Lacordaire, 1835)⇒ Ampedus pomorum Herbst, 1784
Elater elongatus (Hope, 1831)⇒ Agriotes pilosellus Schönherr, 1817
Elater ferrugatus (Lacordaire, 1835)⇒ Ampedus pomorum Herbst, 1784
Elater nigerrimus (Lacordaire, 1835)⇒ Cardiophorus nigerrimus Erichson, 1840
Elater nigroflavus (Goeze, 1777)⇒ Ampedus nigroflavus Goeze, 1777
Elater pomonae Stephens, 1830
Elater praeustus (Fabricius, 1792)⇒ Ampedus praeustus Fabricius, 1792
Elater sanguineus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Ampedus sanguineus Linnaeus, 1758
Elater sanguinolentus (Schrank, 1776)⇒ Ampedus sanguinolentus Schrank, 1776
Glyphonyx ferruginosus Schaeffer, 1916
Glyphonyx quadraticollis Champion, 1896
Idolus bigeminatus Randall, 1838
Idolus debilis LeConte, 1884
Idolus picipennis Bach, 1854
Ischnodes sanguinicollis Panzer, 1793
Ischnodes sanguinicollis sanguinicollis Panzer, 1793
Megapenthes lugens Redtenbacher, 1842The Queen's Executioner
Megapenthes megalops Van Dyke, 1932
Melanotus (Melanotus) asper Platia & Sch..., 2001
Melanotus (Melanotus) brunnipes Germar, 1824
Melanotus (Melanotus) castanipes Paykull, 1800
Melanotus (Melanotus) cinerascens Küster, 1851
Melanotus (Melanotus) crassicollis Erichson, 1841
Melanotus (Melanotus) dichrous Erichson, 1841Click beetle
Melanotus (Melanotus) elongatus Hope, 1831
Melanotus (Melanotus) fusciceps Gyllenhal, 1817
Melanotus (Melanotus) kraatzi Schwarz, 1892
Melanotus (Melanotus) mutatus Harold, 1869
Melanotus (Melanotus) niger Lee, 1998
Melanotus (Melanotus) punctolineatus Pelerin, 1829Sandwich Click Beetle
Melanotus (Melanotus) similis Kirby, 1837
Melanotus (Melanotus) sobrinus Ménétriés, 1832
Melanotus (Melanotus) tenebrosus Erichson, 1841
Melanotus (Melanotus) villosus (Geoffroy, 1785)⇒ Melanotus fusciceps Gyllenhal, 1817
Melanotus (Spheniscosomus) cuneiformis Baudi di Selve, 1871
Melanotus (Spheniscosomus) sulcicollis Mulsant & Gu..., 1855
Melanotus rufipes Herbst, 1784
Melanoxanthus bellulus Van Zwaluwen..., 1948
Mulsanteus guillebeaui Mulsant & Go..., 1853
Peripontius rutilipennis Illiger, 1807
Peripontius terminatus Erichson, 1841
Physorhinus fusculus Champion, 1895
Pittonotus theseus Germar, 1817
Podeonius acuticornis Germar, 1824
Pomachilius hallomenus Candeze, 1860
Porthmidius austriacus Schrank, 1781
Procraerus (Procraerus) tibialis Lacordaire, 1835
Reitterelater dubius (Platia & Cate, 1990)⇒ Brachygonus dubius Platia & Cate, 1990
Sericus (Sericoderma) subaeneus Redtenbacher, 1842
Sericus (Sericus) brunneus Linnaeus, 1759
Sericus brunneus brunneus Linnaeus, 1758
Sericus (Sericus) clarus (Gurjeva, 1972)⇒ Sericus sulcipennis Buysson, 1893
Sericus (Sericus) honestus Randall, 1838
Sericus (Sericus) incongruus LeConte, 1853
Sericus (Sericus) viridanus Say, 1825
Sericus grandis (Nakane & Kishii, 1954)⇒ Sericus fujisanus Lewis, 1894
Sericus sulcipennis Buysson, 1893
Synaptus filiformis Fabricius, 1781Hairy Click Beetle

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

Taxom

TribeAmpedini
Gistel, 1856
13
86
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeElaterini
Leach, 1815
5
24
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeMegapenthini
Gurjeva, 1973
5
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribePomachiliini
Candeze, 1859
10
17
Genera
Species

Taxom



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