Checklist for Superfamily Elateroidea Leach, 1815 (Click Beetles)
and region Africa (Continents)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 943
36180
241410 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 939
36100
241106 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 896
35668
239021 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 524
27533
203737 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 146
11745
86825 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 125
10691
74394 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
| 24
663
4382 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles | 10
361
2534 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Africa
10 Families width 2534 Species and 52 Subspecies | Brachypsectridae LeConte & Horn, 1883 | Texas beetle | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856 | Cantharids | 88 | Species | Taxom | | Cerophytidae Latreille, 1834 | Cerophytid beetles | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Elateridae Leach, 1815 | Click Beetle | 2020 | Species | Taxom | | Eucnemidae Eschscholtz, 1829 | Click Beetles | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Lampyridae Latreille, 1817 | Fireflies | 254 | Species | Taxom | | Lycidae Laporte, 1836 | Lycid beetles | 85 | Species | Taxom | | Phengodidae LeConte, 1861 | Glow-worms | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Telegeusidae (LeConte, 1861) | Glowworm beetles | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Throscidae Laporte, 1840 | False metallic wood-boring beetles | 66 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Elateroidea with occurrences in Africa | Family | Brachypsectridae
LeConte & Horn, 1883
Texas beetle, Texas beetles, The Texas beetles | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Cantharidae
Imhoff, 1856
Cantharids, Leatherwings, Sailor beetles, Soldier beetle, Soldier beetles | 22
88 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Cerophytidae ♰
Latreille, 1834
Cerophytid beetles, Rare click beetles | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Elateridae
Leach, 1815
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles, Skipjacks, Snapping beetles, Spring beetles, Wireworm, Wireworms | 252
2020 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Eucnemidae
Eschscholtz, 1829
Click Beetles, false click beetle, False click beetles | 22
13 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lampyridae
Latreille, 1817
Fireflies, Firefly, Firefly Beetles, Glow worms, Glow-worms, Glowworms, Lighting beetles, Lightning bugs, Lightningbugs | 24
254 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lycidae
Laporte, 1836
Lycid beetles, Lycids, Net-Winged Beetle, Net-winged beetles | 32
85 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Phengodidae
LeConte, 1861
Glow-worms, Glowworm beetles, Glowworms, Long-lipped beetles | 1
3 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Telegeusidae
LeConte, 1861
Glowworm beetles, Long-lipped beetles, Telegeusid beetles | 1
2 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Throscidae
Laporte, 1840
False metallic wood-boring beetles, Throscid beetles, Throscids, Throseid beetles | 4
66 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Links, sources and further information Elateroidea at artfakta.se
Elateroidea at dyntaxa.se
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