Checklist for Superfamily Elateroidea Leach, 1815 (Click Beetles)
and region Cape Peninsula (Western Cape)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 211
830
1111 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 211
830
1111 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 206
825
1106 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 144
685
939 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 43
256
383 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 40
227
338 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
| 8
28
43 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles | 4
12
22 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Cape Peninsula
4 Families width 22 Species
Genera for Cape Peninsula
12 Genera with 22 Species | Adrastus Eschscholtz, 1777 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Aliteus Candeze, 1857 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Anchastus LeConte, 1853 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Ancistronycha Märkel, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cantharis Linnaeus, 0 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Cautires Waterhouse, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Conoderus Eschscholtz, 1859 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Danosoma C.G. Thomson, 1808 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Elater minutus Linn..., 0 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Lampyris Geoffroy, 1851 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Photinus Laporte, 1767 | Rover fireflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrearinus Costa, 1863 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Cape Peninsula
22 Species | Adrastus limbatus (Fabricius, 1777) | ⇒ Adrastus pallens Fabricius, 1792 | | Ancistronycha tigurina Dietrich, 1857 | | | Cantharis (Cantharis) nigra De Geer, 1774 | Cantharid beetle | | Cantharis bilineata (Say, 1823) | ⇒ Atalantycha bilineata Say, 1832 | | Cantharis fimbriata | | | Cantharis illucens | | | Cautires blaps | | | Conoderus xysticus Candeze, 1859 | | | Danosoma conspersum Gyllenhal, 1808 | | | Elater (Elater) fulvus (Schwarz, 1919) | ⇒ Dalopius marginatus Linnaeus, 1758 | | Elater albipes | | | Elater analis (Fabricius, 1792) | ⇒ Athous subfuscus O. F. Müller, 1764 | | Elater axillaris | | | Elater consimilis | | | Elater pedestris | | | Elater puber | | | Elater quadrinotatus Gyllenhal, 1817 | | | Elater rubescens | | | Lampyris (Lampyris) noctiluca Linnaeus, 1767 | Common glow-worm | | Lampyris nigripennis Boheman, 1851 | | | Photinus (Photinus) pyralis Linnaeus, 1767 | Big dipper firefly | | Pyrearinus lampyris Candeze, 1863 | |
Subnodes of Elateroidea with occurrences in Cape Peninsula | Family | Cantharidae
Imhoff, 1856
Cantharids, Leatherwings, Sailor beetles, Soldier beetle, Soldier beetles | 2
5 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Elateridae
Leach, 1815
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles, Skipjacks, Snapping beetles, Spring beetles, Wireworm, Wireworms | 7
13 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lampyridae
Latreille, 1817
Fireflies, Firefly, Firefly Beetles, Glow worms, Glow-worms, Glowworms, Lighting beetles, Lightning bugs, Lightningbugs | 2
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lycidae
Laporte, 1836
Lycid beetles, Lycids, Net-Winged Beetle, Net-winged beetles | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
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