Checklist for Superfamily Elateroidea Leach, 1815 (Click Beetles)
and region Cape of Good Hope (Cape Peninsula)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 153
532
761 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 153
532
761 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 150
529
758 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 109
450
646 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 40
189
309 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 37
169
279 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
| 8
25
39 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles | 4
9
20 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Cape of Good Hope
4 Families width 20 Species
Genera for Cape of Good Hope
9 Genera with 20 Species
Species list for Cape of Good Hope
20 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 | | | 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 | | Photinus (Photinus) pyralis Linnaeus, 1767 | Big dipper firefly | | Pyrearinus lampyris Candeze, 1863 | |
Subnodes of Elateroidea with occurrences in Cape of Good Hope | 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 | 4
12 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lampyridae
Latreille, 1817
Fireflies, Firefly, Firefly Beetles, Glow worms, Glow-worms, Glowworms, Lighting beetles, Lightning bugs, Lightningbugs | 2
2 | 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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