Checklist for Superfamily Elateroidea Leach, 1815 (Click Beetles)
and region Costa Rica (Central America)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 611
11863
34633 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 608
11859
34631 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 579
11701
34157 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 379
9752
30015 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 108
3263
9002 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 102
3021
8293 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
| 24
247
691 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles | 10
144
331 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Costa Rica
10 Families width 331 Species and 4 Subspecies | Artematopodidae Lacordaire, 1857 | Soft bodied plant beetle | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856 | Cantharids | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Cerophytidae Latreille, 1834 | Cerophytid beetles | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Elateridae Leach, 1815 | Click Beetle | 245 | Species | Taxom | | Eucnemidae Eschscholtz, 1829 | Click Beetles | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Lampyridae Latreille, 1817 | Fireflies | 29 | Species | Taxom | | Lycidae Laporte, 1836 | Lycid beetles | 22 | Species | Taxom | | Phengodidae LeConte, 1861 | Glow-worms | 19 | Species | Taxom | | Telegeusidae (LeConte, 1861) | Glowworm beetles | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Throscidae Laporte, 1840 | False metallic wood-boring beetles | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Elateroidea with occurrences in Costa Rica | Family | Artematopodidae
Lacordaire, 1857
soft bodied plant beetle, Soft-bodied plant beetles | 1
0 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Cantharidae
Imhoff, 1856
Cantharids, Leatherwings, Sailor beetles, Soldier beetle, Soldier beetles | 10
9 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Cerophytidae ♰
Latreille, 1834
Cerophytid beetles, Rare click beetles | 1
2 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Elateridae
Leach, 1815
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles, Skipjacks, Snapping beetles, Spring beetles, Wireworm, Wireworms | 76
245 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Eucnemidae
Eschscholtz, 1829
Click Beetles, false click beetle, False click beetles | 10
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lampyridae
Latreille, 1817
Fireflies, Firefly, Firefly Beetles, Glow worms, Glow-worms, Glowworms, Lighting beetles, Lightning bugs, Lightningbugs | 16
29 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lycidae
Laporte, 1836
Lycid beetles, Lycids, Net-Winged Beetle, Net-winged beetles | 17
22 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Phengodidae
LeConte, 1861
Glow-worms, Glowworm beetles, Glowworms, Long-lipped beetles | 10
19 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Telegeusidae
LeConte, 1861
Glowworm beetles, Long-lipped beetles, Telegeusid beetles | 1
0 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Throscidae
Laporte, 1840
False metallic wood-boring beetles, Throscid beetles, Throscids, Throseid beetles | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Links, sources and further information Elateroidea at artfakta.se
Elateroidea at dyntaxa.se
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