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Checklist for Superfamily Elateroidea Leach, 1815 (Click Beetles)
and region East England (England, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
570
6833
16728
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
569
6831
16727
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
538
6683
16411
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
366
5628
14608
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
100
1779
4391
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
92
1568
3632
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
17
157
367
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles
6
70
140
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for East England
6 Families width 140 Species
Elateridae Leach, 1815Click Beetle62SpeciesTaxom
Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856Cantharids47SpeciesTaxom
Throscidae Laporte, 1840False metallic wood-boring beetles9SpeciesTaxom
Lycidae Laporte, 1836Lycid beetles3SpeciesTaxom
Eucnemidae Eschscholtz, 1829Click Beetles10SpeciesTaxom
Lampyridae Latreille, 1817Fireflies9SpeciesTaxom


Genera for East England
70 Genera with 140 Species
#ABCDEFHILMOPRST
Actenicerus Kiesenwetter, 17641SpeciesTaxom
Adrastus Eschscholtz, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Aeolus Eschscholtz, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Agriotes Eschscholtz, 17586SpeciesTaxom
Agrypnus Eschscholtz, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Alaus Eschscholtz, 1756Eyed Click Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Ampedus Dejean, 183311SpeciesTaxom
Anilicus Candeze, 1863
0SpeciesTaxom
Aplotarsus Stephens, 18271SpeciesTaxom
Arachnodima Candeze, 1893
0SpeciesTaxom
Atalantycha Kazantsev, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Athous Eschscholtz, 18334SpeciesTaxom
Augenotus Gullan, 1977
0SpeciesTaxom
Aulonothroscus Horn, 18593SpeciesTaxom
Benibotarus Kono, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Caenia Newman, 18011SpeciesTaxom
Cantharis Linnaeus, 178316SpeciesTaxom
Cardiophorus Eschscholtz, 18233SpeciesTaxom
Chauliognathus Hentz, 1829
Soldier Beetle0SpeciesTaxom
Cidnopus C.G. Thomson, 17901SpeciesTaxom
Conoderus Eschscholtz, 1829
0SpeciesTaxom
Corymbitodes Buysson, 18451SpeciesTaxom
Crepidomenus Erichson, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Crudosilis Kazantsev, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Ctenicera Latreille, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Dalopius Eschscholtz, 19342SpeciesTaxom
Deltometopus Bonvouloir, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Denticollis Piller & Mit..., 17581SpeciesTaxom
Deromecus Solier, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Dichelotarsus Motschulsky, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Dromaeolus Kiesenwetter, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Elater minutus Linn..., 17581SpeciesTaxom
Elatichrosis Hyslop, 1921
0SpeciesTaxom
Ellychnia Blanchard, 1767Diurnal Fireflies1SpeciesTaxom
Epiphanis Eschscholtz, 18291SpeciesTaxom
Eucnemis Lindl., 18121SpeciesTaxom
Euryptychus LeConte, 1852
0SpeciesTaxom
Fleutiauxellus Mequignon, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Hemicrepidius Germar, 17841SpeciesTaxom
Heteromastix Boheman, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Hylis Gozis, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Hypnoidus Dillwyn, 18082SpeciesTaxom
Ischnodes Germar, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Isorhipis Boisduval & ..., 18231SpeciesTaxom
Lampyris Geoffroy, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Limonius Eschscholtz, 2007Dark Brown Click Beetle4SpeciesTaxom
Lucidota Laporte, 17901SpeciesTaxom
Malthinus Latreille, 18524SpeciesTaxom
Malthodes Kiesenwetter, 183511SpeciesTaxom
Megapenthes Eschscholtz, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Melanotus Schwarz, 1817Click Beetle2SpeciesTaxom
Melasis Olivier, 17611SpeciesTaxom
Microrhagus Dejean, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Oedostethus LeConte, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Pactopus LeConte, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Paracalais Neboiss, 1967
0SpeciesTaxom
Paradonus Stibick, 1971
0SpeciesTaxom
Paraphotistus Kishii, 17991SpeciesTaxom
Photinus Laporte, 1852Rover fireflies2SpeciesTaxom
Plastocerus LeConte, 18451SpeciesTaxom
Platycis C.G. Thomson, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Podabrus Westwood, 18355SpeciesTaxom
Procraerus Reitter, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Prosternon Latreille, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Pyractomena LeConte, 19574SpeciesTaxom
Rhagonycha Eschscholtz, 18747SpeciesTaxom
Selatosomus Stephens, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Stenagostus Thomson, 18081SpeciesTaxom
Stethon LeConte, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Trixagus Kugelann, 18275SpeciesTaxom


Species list for East England
140 Species
Actenicerus (Actenicerus) sjaelandicus (Müller, 1764)⇒ Athous haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1801
Adrastus pallens Fabricius, 1792
Aeolus mellillus Say, 1836Sweet Click Beetle
Agriotes (Agriotes) acuminatus Stephens, 1830
Agriotes (Agriotes) lineatus Linnaeus, 1767Click Beetles
Agriotes (Agriotes) mancus Say, 1823Wheat wireworm
Agriotes (Agriotes) obscurus Linnaeus, 1758Click beetle
Agriotes (Agriotes) pallidulus Illiger, 1807
Agriotes (Agriotes) sputator Linnaeus, 1758Common click beetle
Agrypnus limonius Girard, 1991
Agrypnus murinus Linnaeus, 1758Mousegrey click beetle
Alaus oculatus Linnaeus, 1756Eastern Eyed Click Beetle
Ampedus (Ampedus) apicatus Say, 1834
Ampedus (Ampedus) areolatus Say, 1823
Ampedus (Ampedus) balteatus Linnaeus, 1758
Ampedus (Ampedus) cardinalis Schiödte, 1865Cardinal Click Beetle
Ampedus (Ampedus) linteus Say, 1839
Ampedus (Ampedus) nigricollis Herbst, 1806
Ampedus (Ampedus) pomonae (Stephens, 1830)⇒ Ampedus quercicola Buysson, 1887
Ampedus (Ampedus) protervus LeConte, 1853
Ampedus (Ampedus) pullus Germar, 1844
Ampedus (Ampedus) quercicola Buysson, 1887
Ampedus oblessus Say, 1833
Aplotarsus incanus Gyllenhal, 1827
Atalantycha bilineata Say, 1832Two-lined Leather-wing Beetle
Athous (Athous) haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1801Click Beetle
Athous (Athous) vittatus Fabricius, 1792
Athous (Orthathous) bicolor (Goeze, 1777)⇒ Elathous bicolor LeConte, 1853
Athous (Orthathous) campyloides Newman, 1833Curved click beetle
Aulonothroscus (Aulonothroscus) distans Blanchard, 1917
Aulonothroscus (Aulonothroscus) teretrius Blanchard, 1917
Aulonothroscus brevicollis Bonvouloir, 1859
Benibotarus thoracicus Randall, 1838
Caenia dimidiata Fabricius, 1801Terminal Net-Winged Beetle
Cantharis (Cantharis) cryptica (Ashe, 1947)⇒ Cantharis cornix Abeille de P..., 1869
Cantharis (Cantharis) decipiens Baudi, 1871
Cantharis (Cantharis) figurata Mannerheim, 1843
Cantharis (Cantharis) fusca (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Psalydolytta fusca Olivier, 1795
Cantharis (Cantharis) livida Linnaeus, 1758Gray bushmallow
Cantharis (Cantharis) nigra De Geer, 1774Cantharid beetle
Cantharis (Cantharis) nigricans Mueller, 1776
Cantharis (Cantharis) obscura Linnaeus, 1758
Cantharis (Cantharis) pallida (Goeze, 1777)⇒ Rhagonycha lignosa O.F. Müller, 1764
Cantharis (Cantharis) paludosa Fallen, 1807
Cantharis (Cantharis) pellucida Fabricius, 1792
Cantharis (Cantharis) rufa Linnaeus, 1758Gray bushmallow
Cantharis (Cantharis) rustica Fallen, 1807Soldier beetle
Cantharis (Cyrtomoptila) lateralis Linnaeus, 1758
Cantharis brevicollis Paykull, 1798
Cantharis coccinea Schaller, 1783
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) asellus Erichson, 1840
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) breviatus (Lanchester, 1971)⇒ Cardiophorus ebeninus Germar, 1824
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) convexus Say, 1823
Cidnopus aeruginosus Olivier, 1790
Corymbitodes tarsalis Melsheimer, 1845
Crepidomenus dysmikos Calder, 1986
Crudosilis ruficollis (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Silis ruficollis Fabricius, 1775
Ctenicera cuprea Fabricius, 1781
Ctenicera pectinicornis Linnaeus, 1758
Dalopius marginatus Linnaeus, 1758
Dalopius pallidus Brown, 1934
Deltometopus amoenicornis Say, 1839
Denticollis linearis Linnaeus, 1758
Deromecus agriotes Candeze, 1878
Dichelotarsus puberulus LeConte, 1850
Dromaeolus cylindricollis Say, 1839
Elater (Elater) ferrugineus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Betarmon bisbimaculatus Fabricius, 1803
Ellychnia (Ellychnia) corrusca Linnaeus, 1767Winter Firefly
Epiphanis cornutus Eschscholtz, 1829
Eucnemis capucina Ahr., 1812False click beetle
Fleutiauxellus (Fleutiauxellus) maritimus Curtis, 1840
Hemicrepidius (Hemicrepidius) hirtus Herbst, 1784
Heteromastix imitator Lea, 1909
Hylis olexai Palm, 1955
Hypnoidus riparius Fabricius, 1792
Hypnoidus rivularius Gyllenhal, 1808
Ischnodes sanguinicollis Panzer, 1793
Isorhipis ruficornis Say, 1823
Lampyris (Lampyris) noctiluca Linnaeus, 1767Common glow-worm
Limonius (Limonius) griseus Palisot de B..., 1805
Limonius (Limonius) minutus Linnaeus, 1758
Limonius (Limonius) plebejus Say, 1825
Limonius (Limonius) poneli Leseigneur &..., 2007
Lucidota atra Olivier, 1790Black Firefly
Malthinus (Malthinus) frontalis Marsham, 1802
Malthinus balteatus Suffrian, 1851
Malthinus flaveolus Herbst, 1784
Malthinus seriepunctatus Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthodes (Malthodes) crassicornis Mäklin, 1846
Malthodes (Malthodes) dispar Germar, 1824
Malthodes (Malthodes) fibulatus Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthodes (Malthodes) flavoguttatus Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthodes (Malthodes) fuscus Waltl, 1838
Malthodes (Malthodes) guttifer Allen, 1979
Malthodes (Malthodes) marginatus Latreille, 1806
Malthodes (Malthodes) maurus Laporte, 1840
Malthodes (Malthodes) minimus Linnaeus, 1758
Malthodes (Malthodes) mysticus Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthodes (Malthodes) pumilus Brebisson, 1835
Megapenthes lugens Redtenbacher, 1842The Queen's Executioner
Melanotus (Melanotus) castanipes Paykull, 1800
Melanotus (Melanotus) communis Gyllenhal, 1817Common wireworm
Melasis buprestoides Linnaeus, 1761
Microrhagus audax Horn, 1886
Microrhagus subsinuatus (LeConte, 1852)⇒ Microrhagus imperfectus LeConte, 1852
Oedostethus quadripustulatus Fabricius, 1792
Pactopus horni LeConte, 1868Orinoco jute
Paraphotistus (Setasomus) nigricornis Panzer, 1799
Photinus (Photinus) ignitus Fall, 1927Delayed Photinus Firefly
Photinus consanguineus LeConte, 1852Consanguineous Firefly
Plastocerus angulosus Germar, 1845
Platycis minutus Fabricius, 1787
Podabrus (Podabrus) alpinus Paykull, 1798
Podabrus brunnicollis Fabricius, 1801
Podabrus intrusus Green, 1947
Podabrus rugosulus LeConte, 1850Wrinkled Soldier Beetle
Podabrus tricostatus Say, 1835
Procraerus (Procraerus) tibialis Lacordaire, 1835
Prosternon tessellatum Linnaeus, 1758Chequered Click Beetle
Pyractomena angulata Say, 1825Angled Firefly
Pyractomena angustata LeConte, 1851
Pyractomena borealis Randall, 1828Northern Firefly
Pyractomena dispersa Green, 1957Long-range Firefly
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) fulva Scopoli, 1763Bloodsucker beetle
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) lignosa O.F. Müller, 1764
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) lutea O.F. Müller, 1764
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) nigriventris Motschulsky, 1860
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) testacea Linnaeus, 1758
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) translucida Krynicky, 1832
Rhagonycha (Spartiolepta) oriflava LeConte, 1874
Selatosomus (Pristilophus) cruciatus Linnaeus, 1758
Selatosomus (Pristilophus) pulcher LeConte, 1853Noble Click Beetle
Selatosomus (Selatosomus) aeneus Linnaeus, 1758
Stenagostus rhombeus Olivier, 1808
Stethon pectorosus LeConte, 1866
Trixagus carinicollis Schaeffer, 1916
Trixagus carinifrons Bonvouloir, 1859
Trixagus chevrolati Bonvouloir, 1859
Trixagus dermestoides Linnaeus, 1767
Trixagus obtusus Curtis, 1827

Subnodes of Elateroidea with occurrences in East England
FamilyCantharidae
Imhoff, 1856
Cantharids, Leatherwings, Sailor beetles, Soldier beetle, Soldier beetles
10
47
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyElateridae
Leach, 1815
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles, Skipjacks, Snapping beetles, Spring beetles, Wireworm, Wireworms
39
62
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyEucnemidae
Eschscholtz, 1829
Click Beetles, false click beetle, False click beetles
10
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyLampyridae
Latreille, 1817
Fireflies, Firefly, Firefly Beetles, Glow worms, Glow-worms, Glowworms, Lighting beetles, Lightning bugs, Lightningbugs
5
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyLycidae
Laporte, 1836
Lycid beetles, Lycids, Net-Winged Beetle, Net-winged beetles
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyThroscidae
Laporte, 1840
False metallic wood-boring beetles, Throscid beetles, Throscids, Throseid beetles
3
9
Genera
Species

Taxom



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