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Checklist for Superfamily Elateroidea Leach, 1815 (Click Beetles)
and region Fairfax County (Virginia, USA)


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		254
911
1221		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		253
909
1219		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		238
870
1163		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects		173
723
985		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans		39
174
180		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 		Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags		36
142
147		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 		Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
10
20
21		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 		Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles		5
9
9		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Fairfax County
5 Families width 9 Species
Elateridae Leach, 1815Click Beetle2SpeciesTaxom
Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856Cantharids4SpeciesTaxom
Lycidae Laporte, 1836Lycid beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Lampyridae Latreille, 1817Fireflies0SpeciesTaxom
Artematopodidae Lacordaire, 1857Soft bodied plant beetle1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Fairfax County
9 Genera with 9 Species
Agrypnus Eschscholtz, 1829
0SpeciesTaxom
Cantharis Linnaeus, 17983SpeciesTaxom
Chauliognathus Hentz, 1775Soldier Beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Dictyoptera Latreille, 1784Roaches and Mantids1SpeciesTaxom
Ellychnia Blanchard, 1845
Diurnal Fireflies0SpeciesTaxom
Eurypogon Motschulsky, 18461SpeciesTaxom
Hemicrepidius Germar, 1839
0SpeciesTaxom
Limonius Eschscholtz, 1823Dark Brown Click Beetle2SpeciesTaxom
Plateros Bourgeois, 19531SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Fairfax County
9 Species
Cantharis (Cantharis) pellucida Fabricius, 1792
Cantharis (Cyrtomoptila) lateralis Linnaeus, 1758
Cantharis brevicollis Paykull, 1798
Chauliognathus marginatus Fabricius, 1775Margined Leatherwing
Dictyoptera aurora Herbst, 1784Golden Net-wing
Eurypogon niger Melsheimer, 1846
Limonius (Limonius) griseus Palisot de B..., 1805
Limonius basilaris Say, 1823
Plateros centralis Green, 1953

Subnodes of Elateroidea with occurrences in Fairfax County
FamilyArtematopodidae
Lacordaire, 1857
soft bodied plant beetle, Soft-bodied plant beetles		1
1		Genus
Species
Taxom

FamilyCantharidae
Imhoff, 1856
Cantharids, Leatherwings, Sailor beetles, Soldier beetle, Soldier beetles		2
4		Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilyElateridae
Leach, 1815
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles, Skipjacks, Snapping beetles, Spring beetles, Wireworm, Wireworms		3
2		Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilyLampyridae
Latreille, 1817
Fireflies, Firefly, Firefly Beetles, Glow worms, Glow-worms, Glowworms, Lighting beetles, Lightning bugs, Lightningbugs		1
0		Genus
Species
Taxom

FamilyLycidae
Laporte, 1836
Lycid beetles, Lycids, Net-Winged Beetle, Net-winged beetles		2
2		Genera
Species
Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Elateroidea at artfakta.se
Elateroidea at dyntaxa.se
Elateroidea at itis.gov