Checklist for Superfamily Elateroidea Leach, 1815 (Click Beetles)
and region Botswana (Southern Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 315
2340
4567 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 313
2338
4562 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 297
2276
4408 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 205
1928
3874 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 47
658
1476 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 43
537
1145 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
| 4
24
44 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles | 3
12
10 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Botswana
3 Families width 10 Species
Genera for Botswana
12 Genera with 10 Species Adelocera Latreille, 1829 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Anchastus LeConte, 1859 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Aulonothroscus Horn, 1890 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Conoderus Eschscholtz, 1859 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Denticollis Piller & Mit..., 1846 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Drymelater Calder, 1929 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lanelater Arnett, 1874 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lychnobius Geisthardt, 1983 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Olophoeus Candeze, 1859 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Oxynopterus Hope, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Propsephus Hyslop, 1921 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Tetralobus Lepeletier &..., 1902 | | 3 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Botswana
10 Species | Anchastus (Anchastus) rufivellus Candeze, 1859 | | | Conoderus xysticus Candeze, 1859 | | | Denticollis varians Germar, 1846 | | | Drymelater aulacoderus Elston, 1929 | | | Lanelater australis Candeze, 1874 | | | Lychnobius africanus Geisthardt, 1983 | Giant Wood Rail | | Oxynopterus (Oxynopterus) niger Candeze, 1897 | | | Tetralobus (Tetralobus) cavifrons Fairmaire, 1887 | | | Tetralobus (Tetralobus) flabellicornis Linnaeus, 1767 | Giant Acacia Click Beetle | | Tetralobus (Tetralobus) scutellaris Schwarz, 1902 | |
Subnodes of Elateroidea with occurrences in Botswana | Family | Elateridae
Leach, 1815
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles, Skipjacks, Snapping beetles, Spring beetles, Wireworm, Wireworms | 10
9 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lampyridae
Latreille, 1817
Fireflies, Firefly, Firefly Beetles, Glow worms, Glow-worms, Glowworms, Lighting beetles, Lightning bugs, Lightningbugs | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Throscidae
Laporte, 1840
False metallic wood-boring beetles, Throscid beetles, Throscids, Throseid beetles | 1
0 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
|
Links, sources and further information Elateroidea at artfakta.se
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