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Checklist for Superfamily Elateroidea Leach, 1815 (Click Beetles)
and region Flanders (Belgium)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
478
4504
11879
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
475
4494
11866
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
454
4438
11745
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
312
3668
10194
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
86
1222
3368
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
80
1086
2736
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
15
105
228
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles
7
68
148
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Flanders
7 Families width 148 Species
Elateridae (Leach, 1815)Click Beetle76SpeciesTaxom
Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856Cantharids44SpeciesTaxom
Throscidae Laporte, 1840False metallic wood-boring beetles6SpeciesTaxom
Lycidae Laporte, 1836Lycid beetles7SpeciesTaxom
Cerophytidae Latreille, 1834Cerophytid beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Eucnemidae Eschscholtz, 1829Click Beetles11SpeciesTaxom
Lampyridae Latreille, 1817Fireflies3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Flanders
68 Genera with 148 Species
#ACDEHILMNOPRSTXZ
Actenicerus Kiesenwetter, 17641SpeciesTaxom
Adrastus Eschscholtz, 17853SpeciesTaxom
Agriotes Eschscholtz, 17838SpeciesTaxom
Agrypnus Eschscholtz, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Ampedus Dejean, 175810SpeciesTaxom
Ancistronycha Märkel, 17982SpeciesTaxom
Anostirus C.G. Thomson, 17612SpeciesTaxom
Aplotarsus Stephens, 18271SpeciesTaxom
Athous Eschscholtz, 18336SpeciesTaxom
Aulonothroscus Horn, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Cantharis Linnaeus, 178318SpeciesTaxom
Cardiophorus Eschscholtz, 17584SpeciesTaxom
Cautires Waterhouse, 01SpeciesTaxom
Cerophytum Latreille, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Cidnopus C.G. Thomson, 17852SpeciesTaxom
Conoderus Eschscholtz, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Crepidophorus Mulsant & Gu..., 18471SpeciesTaxom
Crudosilis Kazantsev, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Ctenicera Latreille, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Dalopius Eschscholtz, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Denticollis Piller & Mit..., 17581SpeciesTaxom
Dicronychus Brullé, 19763SpeciesTaxom
Dictyoptera Latreille, 1784Roaches and Mantids1SpeciesTaxom
Drapetes Dejean, 17891SpeciesTaxom
Drilus A. G. Olivier, 17901SpeciesTaxom
Dromaeolus Kiesenwetter, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Ectinus Eschscholtz, 17611SpeciesTaxom
Elater minutus Linn..., 17581SpeciesTaxom
Eucnemis Lindl., 18121SpeciesTaxom
Hemicrepidius Germar, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Hylis Gozis, 19553SpeciesTaxom
Hypnoidus Dillwyn, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Hypoganus Kiesenwetter, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Isorhipis Boisduval & ..., 18351SpeciesTaxom
Isoriphis Boisduval & ..., 18351SpeciesTaxom
Lamprohiza Motschulsky, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Lampyris Geoffroy, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Limonius Eschscholtz, 1758Dark Brown Click Beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Liotrichus Kiesenwetter, 18001SpeciesTaxom
Lygistopterus Mulsant, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Malthinus Latreille, 18525SpeciesTaxom
Malthodes Kiesenwetter, 18526SpeciesTaxom
Melanotus Schwarz, 1785Click Beetle3SpeciesTaxom
Melasis Olivier, 17611SpeciesTaxom
Metacantharis Bourgeois, 18122SpeciesTaxom
Microrhagus Dejean, 17922SpeciesTaxom
Negastrius C.G. Thomson, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Nothodes LeConte, 17991SpeciesTaxom
Oedostethus LeConte, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Omalisus Geoffroy, 17852SpeciesTaxom
Paraphotistus Kishii, 17992SpeciesTaxom
Pheletes Kiesenwetter, 17741SpeciesTaxom
Phosphaenus Laporte, 17771SpeciesTaxom
Platycis C.G. Thomson, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Podabrus Westwood, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Procraerus Reitter, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Prosternon Latreille, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Pyropterus Mulsant, 17741SpeciesTaxom
Reitterelater Platia & Cate, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Rhagonycha Eschscholtz, 17588SpeciesTaxom
Selatosomus Stephens, 18012SpeciesTaxom
Sericus Eschscholtz, 17591SpeciesTaxom
Silis Charpentier, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Stenagostus Thomson, 17742SpeciesTaxom
Synaptus Eschscholtz, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Trixagus Kugelann, 20055SpeciesTaxom
Xylophilus Mannerheim, 18001SpeciesTaxom
Zorochros C.G. Thomson, 18061SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Flanders
148 Species
Actenicerus (Actenicerus) sjaelandicus (Müller, 1764)⇒ Athous haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1801
Adrastus limbatus (Fabricius, 1777)⇒ Adrastus pallens Fabricius, 1792
Adrastus pallens Fabricius, 1792
Adrastus rachifer Geoffroy, 1785
Agriotes (Agriotes) acuminatus Stephens, 1830
Agriotes (Agriotes) gallicus Lacordaire, 1835
Agriotes (Agriotes) lineatus Linnaeus, 1767Click Beetles
Agriotes (Agriotes) obscurus Linnaeus, 1758Click beetle
Agriotes (Agriotes) pallidulus Illiger, 1807
Agriotes (Agriotes) pilosellus Schönherr, 1817
Agriotes (Agriotes) sputator Linnaeus, 1758Common click beetle
Agriotes (Agriotes) ustulatus Schaller, 1783
Agrypnus murinus Linnaeus, 1758Mousegrey click beetle
Ampedus (Ampedus) balteatus Linnaeus, 1758
Ampedus (Ampedus) cinnabarinus Eschscholtz, 1829
Ampedus (Ampedus) elongatulus Fabricius, 1787
Ampedus (Ampedus) nigrinus Herbst, 1784
Ampedus (Ampedus) nigroflavus Goeze, 1777
Ampedus (Ampedus) pomonae (Stephens, 1830)⇒ Ampedus quercicola Buysson, 1887
Ampedus (Ampedus) pomorum Herbst, 1784
Ampedus (Ampedus) sanguineus Linnaeus, 1758Cardinal click beetle
Ampedus (Ampedus) sanguinolentus Schrank, 1776
Ampedus (Ampedus) tristis Linnaeus, 1758
Ancistronycha tigurina Dietrich, 1857
Ancistronycha violacea (Paykull, 1798)⇒ Ancistronycha cyanipennis Faldermann, 1835
Anostirus (Anostirus) castaneus Linnaeus, 1758Chestnut Click Beetle
Anostirus (Parastirus) purpureus Poda, 1761
Aplotarsus incanus Gyllenhal, 1827
Athous (Athous) haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1801Click Beetle
Athous (Athous) vittatus Fabricius, 1792
Athous (Haplathous) longicornis Candeze, 1865
Athous (Haplathous) subfuscus O. F. Müller, 1764
Athous (Orthathous) bicolor (Goeze, 1777)⇒ Elathous bicolor LeConte, 1853
Athous (Orthathous) campyloides Newman, 1833Curved click beetle
Aulonothroscus brevicollis Bonvouloir, 1859
Cantharis (Cantharis) cryptica (Ashe, 1947)⇒ Cantharis cornix Abeille de P..., 1869
Cantharis (Cantharis) decipiens Baudi, 1871
Cantharis (Cantharis) figurata Mannerheim, 1843
Cantharis (Cantharis) flavilabris (Fallen, 1807)⇒ Psalydolytta flavilabris Mäklin, 1875
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) paradoxa (Hicker, 1960)⇒ 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 (Cyrtomoptila) pagana Rosenhauer, 1847
Cantharis coccinea Schaller, 1783
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) asellus Erichson, 1840
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) gramineus Scopoli, 1763
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) nigerrimus Erichson, 1840
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) ruficollis Linnaeus, 1758
Cautires blaps
Cerophytum elateroides Latreille, 1804
Cidnopus aeruginosus Olivier, 1790
Cidnopus pilosus Leske, 1785
Conoderus xysticus Candeze, 1859
Crepidophorus mutilatus Rosenhauer, 1847
Crudosilis ruficollis (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Silis ruficollis Fabricius, 1775
Ctenicera pectinicornis Linnaeus, 1758
Dalopius marginatus Linnaeus, 1758
Denticollis linearis Linnaeus, 1758
Dicronychus cinereus Herbst, 1784
Dicronychus equiseti (Herbst, 1784)⇒ Dicronychus equisetioides Lohse, 1976
Dicronychus equisetioides Lohse, 1976
Dictyoptera aurora Herbst, 1784Golden Net-wing
Drapetes (Drapetes) mordelloides Host, 1789
Drilus flavescens Olivier, 1790
Dromaeolus barnabita A._Villa & G..., 1838
Ectinus aterrimus Linnaeus, 1761
Elater (Elater) ferrugineus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Betarmon bisbimaculatus Fabricius, 1803
Eucnemis capucina Ahr., 1812False click beetle
Hemicrepidius (Hemicrepidius) hirtus Herbst, 1784
Hemicrepidius (Hemicrepidius) niger (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Hemicrepidius hirtus Herbst, 1784
Hylis cariniceps Rtt., 1902
Hylis foveicollis Thomson, 1874
Hylis olexai Palm, 1955
Hypnoidus riparius Fabricius, 1792
Hypoganus inunctus Lacordaire, 1835
Isorhipis melasoides Laporte, 1835
Isoriphis melasoides (Laporte de C..., 1835)⇒ Isorhipis melasoides Laporte, 1835
Lamprohiza splendidula (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Phausis splendidula Linnaeus, 1767
Lampyris (Lampyris) noctiluca Linnaeus, 1767Common glow-worm
Limonius (Limonius) minutus Linnaeus, 1758
Liotrichus (Liotrichus) affinis Paykull, 1800
Lygistopterus sanguineus Linnaeus, 1758
Malthinus (Malthinus) frontalis Marsham, 1802
Malthinus balteatus Suffrian, 1851
Malthinus dryocoetes Rottenberg, 1871
Malthinus flaveolus Herbst, 1784
Malthinus seriepunctatus Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthodes (Malthodes) fuscus Waltl, 1838
Malthodes (Malthodes) guttifer Allen, 1979
Malthodes (Malthodes) marginatus Latreille, 1806
Malthodes (Malthodes) maurus Laporte, 1840
Malthodes (Malthodes) mysticus Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthodes (Malthodes) spathifer Kiesenwetter, 1852
Melanotus (Melanotus) castanipes Paykull, 1800
Melanotus (Melanotus) punctolineatus Pelerin, 1829Sandwich Click Beetle
Melanotus (Melanotus) villosus (Geoffroy, 1785)⇒ Melanotus fusciceps Gyllenhal, 1817
Melasis buprestoides Linnaeus, 1761
Metacantharis clypeata Illiger, 1798
Metacantharis discoidea Ahrens, 1812
Microrhagus lepidus Rosenhauer, 1847
Microrhagus pygmaeus Fabricius, 1792
Negastrius arenicola Boheman, 1854
Negastrius pulchellus Linnaeus, 1758
Nothodes parvulus Panzer, 1799
Oedostethus quadripustulatus Fabricius, 1792
Omalisus (Omalisus) fontisbellaquaei Geoffroy, 1785
Omalisus fontisbellaquei Geoffroy, 1785
Paraphotistus (Paraphotistus) impressus Fabricius, 1792
Paraphotistus (Setasomus) nigricornis Panzer, 1799
Pheletes aeneoniger DeGeer, 1774
Phosphaenus hemipterus Goeze, 1777Lesser glow worm
Platycis minutus Fabricius, 1787
Podabrus (Podabrus) alpinus Paykull, 1798
Procraerus (Procraerus) tibialis Lacordaire, 1835
Prosternon tessellatum Linnaeus, 1758Chequered Click Beetle
Pyropterus nigroruber DeGeer, 1774
Reitterelater dubius (Platia & Cate, 1990)⇒ Brachygonus dubius Platia & Cate, 1990
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) atra (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Rhagonycha elongata Fallen, 1807
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) elongata Fallen, 1807
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) fulva Scopoli, 1763Bloodsucker beetle
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) gallica Pic, 1923
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) lignosa O.F. Müller, 1764
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) lutea O.F. Müller, 1764
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) nigriventris Motschulsky, 1860
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) testacea Linnaeus, 1758
Selatosomus (Selatosomus) aeneus Linnaeus, 1758
Selatosomus (Selatosomus) latus Fabricius, 1801
Sericus (Sericus) brunneus Linnaeus, 1759
Silis ruficollis Fabricius, 1775
Stenagostus rhombeus Olivier, 1808
Stenagostus rufus DeGeer, 1774
Synaptus filiformis Fabricius, 1781Hairy Click Beetle
Trixagus carinifrons Bonvouloir, 1859
Trixagus dermestoides Linnaeus, 1767
Trixagus elateroides Heer, 1841
Trixagus leseigneuri Muona, 2002
Trixagus meybohmi Leseigneur, 2005
Xylophilus corticalis Paykull, 1800
Zorochros (Zorochros) dermestoides (Herbst, 1806)⇒ Zorochros minimus Boisduval & ..., 1835

Subnodes of Elateroidea with occurrences in Flanders
FamilyCantharidae
Imhoff, 1856
Cantharids, Leatherwings, Sailor beetles, Soldier beetle, Soldier beetles
9
44
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCerophytidae
Latreille, 1834
Cerophytid beetles, Rare click beetles
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyElateridae
Leach, 1815
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles, Skipjacks, Snapping beetles, Spring beetles, Wireworm, Wireworms
39
76
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyEucnemidae
Eschscholtz, 1829
Click Beetles, false click beetle, False click beetles
8
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyLampyridae
Latreille, 1817
Fireflies, Firefly, Firefly Beetles, Glow worms, Glow-worms, Glowworms, Lighting beetles, Lightning bugs, Lightningbugs
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyLycidae
Laporte, 1836
Lycid beetles, Lycids, Net-Winged Beetle, Net-winged beetles
6
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyThroscidae
Laporte, 1840
False metallic wood-boring beetles, Throscid beetles, Throscids, Throseid beetles
2
6
Genera
Species

Taxom



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