Dutch species names of Superfamily Elateroidea (Click Beetles)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Dutch species names of Superfamily Elateroidea Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles, Soldier Beetles

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	4179 190570 2444470	Families Genera Species
Order	Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Beetles, Coleopterans	592 62779 813516	Families Genera Species

Subnodes of Elateroidea Leach, 1815

Family	Artematopodidae Lacordaire, 1857 Soft bodied plant beetle, Soft-bodied plant beetles	14 72	Genera Species
Family	Berendtimiridae ♰ Winkler, 1987	2 2	Genera Species
Family	Brachypsectridae LeConte & Horn, 1883 Texas beetle, Texas beetles, The Texas beetles	5 13	Genera Species
Family	Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856 Cantharids, Leatherwings, Sailor beetles, Soldier beetle	294 7560	Genera Species
Family	Cebrionidae Reitter, 1874 ⇒ Elateridae Cebrionid beetles	0 0	Genera Species
Family	Cerophytidae ♰ Latreille, 1834 Cerophytid beetles, Rare click beetles	15 50	Genera Species
Family	Drilidae Blanchard, 1845 ⇒ Drilini Drilid beetles, False firefly beetles	5 8	Genera Species
Family	Elateridae Leach, 1815 Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles	1409 20501	Genera Species
Family	Electrapatidae ♰ Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1962 ⇒ Schizopodidae	0 0	Genera Species
Family	Eucnemidae Eschscholtz, 1829 Click Beetles, False click beetle, False click beetles	295 1283	Genera Species
Family	Lampyridae Latreille, 1817 Fireflies, Firefly, Firefly Beetles, Glow worms, Glowworms	261 3932	Genera Species
Family	Lebanophytidae ♰ Kirejtshuk, 2013	0 0	Genera Species
Family	Lycidae Laporte, 1836 Lycid beetles, Lycids, Net-Winged Beetle	305 2819	Genera Species
Family	Omalisidae Lacordaire, 1857	4 18	Genera Species
Family	Omethidae ♰ LeConte, 1861 False fireflies, False firefly beetles	13 29	Genera Species
Family	Paelobiidae Erichson, 1837	0 0	Genera Species
Family	Phengodidae LeConte, 1861 Glow-worms, Glowworm beetles, Glowworms	55 473	Genera Species
Family	Plastoceridae Crowson, 1972	3 2	Genera Species
Family	Podabrocephalidae Pic, 1930	2 1	Genera Species
Family	Praelateriidae ♰ Dolin, 1973	1 1	Genus Species
Family	Rhagophthalmidae Olivier, 1907	15 31	Genera Species
Family	Telegeusidae LeConte, 1861 ⇒ Phengodidae Glowworm beetles, Long-lipped beetles, Telegeusid beetles	3 23	Genera Species
Family	Throscidae Laporte, 1840 False metallic wood-boring beetles, Throscid beetles	28 281	Genera Species

Synonyms

Cantharoidea (Allibert, 1847)

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Elateroidea

English	Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles, Soldier Beetles
Finnish	Seppämäiset

Distribution and Species lists of Elateroidea Leach, 1815

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Afghanistan
3 Families  26 Genera  51 SpeciesAlbania
5 Families  50 Genera  127 SpeciesAlgeria
6 Families  37 Genera  71 SpeciesAndorra
3 Families  11 Genera  13 SpeciesAngola
3 Families  17 Genera  31 SpeciesAntigua and Barbuda
2 Families  15 Genera  134 SpeciesArgentina
8 Families  157 Genera  472 SpeciesArmenia
4 Families  13 Genera  20 SpeciesAustralia
8 Families  242 Genera  1570 SpeciesAustria
7 Families  110 Genera  361 SpeciesAzerbaijan
3 Families  49 Genera  139 SpeciesBahamas
5 Families  28 Genera  41 SpeciesBahrain
1 Families  7 Genera  11 SpeciesBangladesh
2 Families  6 Genera  6 SpeciesBarbados
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesBelarus
6 Families  33 Genera  73 SpeciesBelgium
7 Families  96 Genera  245 SpeciesBelize
4 Families  70 Genera  147 SpeciesBenin
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesBhutan
3 Families  21 Genera  42 SpeciesBolivia
10 Families  87 Genera  147 SpeciesBosnia and Herzegovina
4 Families  25 Genera  37 SpeciesBotswana
3 Families  12 Genera  10 SpeciesBrazil
9 Families  197 Genera  935 SpeciesBrunei
3 Families  17 Genera  25 SpeciesBulgaria
5 Families  71 Genera  187 SpeciesBurundi
2 Families  39 Genera  81 SpeciesCambodia
4 Families  49 Genera  108 SpeciesCameroon
4 Families  34 Genera  81 SpeciesCanada
8 Families  172 Genera  1041 SpeciesCape Verde
8 Families  14 Genera  11 SpeciesCentral African Republic
2 Families  47 Genera  96 SpeciesChad
2 Families  18 Genera  42 SpeciesChile
5 Families  83 Genera  190 SpeciesChina
10 Families  234 Genera  1149 SpeciesColombia
9 Families  170 Genera  524 SpeciesComoros
2 Families  5 Genera  9 SpeciesCosta Rica
10 Families  144 Genera  331 SpeciesCroatia
6 Families  37 Genera  64 SpeciesCuba
5 Families  75 Genera  120 SpeciesCyprus
5 Families  31 Genera  48 SpeciesCzech Republic
7 Families  110 Genera  324 SpeciesDemocratic Republic of the Congo
4 Families  29 Genera  111 SpeciesDenmark
8 Families  88 Genera  202 SpeciesDominica
2 Families  4 Genera  5 SpeciesDominican Republic
7 Families  38 Genera  98 SpeciesEast Timor
2 Families  12 Genera  31 SpeciesEcuador
9 Families  78 Genera  170 SpeciesEgypt
3 Families  16 Genera  33 SpeciesEl Salvador
4 Families  42 Genera  74 SpeciesEquatorial Guinea
3 Families  17 Genera  23 SpeciesEstonia
8 Families  88 Genera  202 SpeciesEthiopia
2 Families  20 Genera  61 SpeciesFiji
3 Families  18 Genera  49 SpeciesFinland
6 Families  98 Genera  270 SpeciesFrance
8 Families  173 Genera  611 SpeciesGabon
4 Families  85 Genera  293 SpeciesGambia
2 Families  9 Genera  11 SpeciesGeorgia
8 Families  86 Genera  267 SpeciesGermany
8 Families  164 Genera  499 SpeciesGhana
3 Families  7 Genera  15 SpeciesGreece
6 Families  90 Genera  375 SpeciesGrenada
2 Families  10 Genera  13 SpeciesGuatemala
8 Families  97 Genera  310 SpeciesGuinea
4 Families  34 Genera  93 SpeciesGuinea-Bissau
3 Families  5 Genera  7 SpeciesGuyana
5 Families  31 Genera  32 SpeciesHaiti
4 Families  21 Genera  39 SpeciesHonduras
8 Families  43 Genera  52 SpeciesHungary
6 Families  78 Genera  185 SpeciesIceland
7 Families  52 Genera  111 SpeciesIndia
9 Families  193 Genera  892 SpeciesIndonesia
9 Families  209 Genera  1205 SpeciesIran
5 Families  56 Genera  124 SpeciesIraq
3 Families  11 Genera  21 SpeciesIreland
6 Families  37 Genera  77 SpeciesIsrael
5 Families  42 Genera  126 SpeciesItaly
9 Families  134 Genera  690 SpeciesIvory Coast
6 Families  26 Genera  56 SpeciesJamaica
4 Families  16 Genera  43 SpeciesJapan
10 Families  244 Genera  1159 SpeciesJordan
2 Families  11 Genera  16 SpeciesKazakhstan
4 Families  75 Genera  219 SpeciesKenya
5 Families  43 Genera  140 SpeciesKiribati
1 Families  17 Genera  55 SpeciesKuwait
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesKyrgyzstan
4 Families  22 Genera  33 SpeciesLaos
7 Families  135 Genera  402 SpeciesLatvia
8 Families  55 Genera  108 SpeciesLebanon
6 Families  41 Genera  81 SpeciesLesotho
2 Families  40 Genera  72 SpeciesLiberia
7 Families  67 Genera  46 SpeciesLibya
2 Families  4 Genera  3 SpeciesLiechtenstein
6 Families  48 Genera  77 SpeciesLithuania
9 Families  54 Genera  79 SpeciesLuxembourg
6 Families  70 Genera  182 SpeciesMadagascar
5 Families  79 Genera  420 SpeciesMalawi
2 Families  9 Genera  21 SpeciesMalaysia
6 Families  119 Genera  441 SpeciesMali
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesMalta
3 Families  28 Genera  72 SpeciesMarshall Islands
1 Families  3 Genera  6 SpeciesMauritania
1 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesMauritius
6 Families  23 Genera  43 SpeciesMexico
10 Families  177 Genera  900 SpeciesMicronesia
2 Families  60 Genera  190 SpeciesMoldova
5 Families  55 Genera  151 SpeciesMonaco
1 Families  4 Genera  10 SpeciesMongolia
5 Families  45 Genera  118 SpeciesMontenegro
5 Families  48 Genera  118 SpeciesMorocco
6 Families  56 Genera  173 SpeciesMozambique
4 Families  23 Genera  36 SpeciesMyanmar
7 Families  87 Genera  243 SpeciesNamibia
5 Families  22 Genera  30 SpeciesNauru
2 Families  35 Genera  68 SpeciesNepal
4 Families  81 Genera  309 SpeciesNetherlands
8 Families  125 Genera  299 SpeciesNew Zealand
5 Families  45 Genera  173 SpeciesNicaragua
9 Families  95 Genera  188 SpeciesNiger
2 Families  21 Genera  50 SpeciesNigeria
3 Families  9 Genera  15 SpeciesNiue
2 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesNorth Korea
2 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesNorway
6 Families  115 Genera  304 SpeciesOman
1 Families  11 Genera  24 SpeciesPakistan
3 Families  15 Genera  33 SpeciesPalau
2 Families  13 Genera  27 SpeciesPalestine
2 Families  6 Genera  11 SpeciesPanama
10 Families  142 Genera  402 SpeciesPapua New Guinea
5 Families  59 Genera  206 SpeciesParaguay
7 Families  44 Genera  75 SpeciesPeru
9 Families  120 Genera  241 SpeciesPhilippines
7 Families  115 Genera  466 SpeciesPoland
9 Families  120 Genera  290 SpeciesPortugal
5 Families  57 Genera  144 SpeciesQatar
1 Families  5 Genera  5 SpeciesRepublic of the Congo
2 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesRepublic South Africa
6 Families  114 Genera  278 SpeciesRomania
6 Families  80 Genera  200 SpeciesRussia
10 Families  187 Genera  388 SpeciesRwanda
3 Families  5 Genera  9 SpeciesSaint Kitts and Nevis
2 Families  3 Genera  2 SpeciesSaint Lucia
3 Families  53 Genera  154 SpeciesSaint Vincent and the Grenadines
2 Families  10 Genera  15 SpeciesSamoa
2 Families  41 Genera  79 SpeciesSan Marino
1 Family  1 Genus  0 SpeciesSão Tomé and Príncipe
2 Families  19 Genera  59 SpeciesSaudi Arabia
1 Families  12 Genera  28 SpeciesSenegal
1 Families  23 Genera  47 SpeciesSerbia
6 Families  52 Genera  92 SpeciesSeychelles
2 Families  59 Genera  165 SpeciesSierra Leone
3 Families  59 Genera  138 SpeciesSingapore
5 Families  27 Genera  47 SpeciesSlovakia
7 Families  112 Genera  411 SpeciesSlovenia
5 Families  32 Genera  52 SpeciesSolomon Islands
5 Families  33 Genera  61 SpeciesSomalia
1 Families  8 Genera  19 SpeciesSomaliland
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesSouth Korea
4 Families  60 Genera  93 SpeciesSpain
7 Families  123 Genera  400 SpeciesSri Lanka
6 Families  67 Genera  113 SpeciesSudan
4 Families  59 Genera  144 SpeciesSuriname
5 Families  16 Genera  26 SpeciesSweden
10 Families  166 Genera  400 SpeciesSwitzerland
7 Families  125 Genera  392 SpeciesSyria
6 Families  39 Genera  109 SpeciesTaiwan
7 Families  218 Genera  1002 SpeciesTajikistan
2 Families  14 Genera  42 SpeciesTanzania
6 Families  50 Genera  139 SpeciesThailand
5 Families  93 Genera  235 SpeciesTogo
2 Families  6 Genera  11 SpeciesTonga
1 Families  4 Genera  7 SpeciesTrinidad and Tobago
7 Families  41 Genera  67 SpeciesTunisia
5 Families  31 Genera  74 SpeciesTurkey
5 Families  90 Genera  528 SpeciesTurkmenistan
3 Families  18 Genera  64 SpeciesTuvalu
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesUganda
3 Families  12 Genera  25 SpeciesUkraine
6 Families  47 Genera  51 SpeciesUnited Arab Emirates
1 Families  4 Genera  5 SpeciesUnited Kingdom
7 Families  157 Genera  376 SpeciesUruguay
5 Families  28 Genera  39 SpeciesUSA
12 Families  334 Genera  2082 SpeciesUzbekistan
5 Families  29 Genera  79 SpeciesVanuatu
1 Families  8 Genera  16 SpeciesVenezuela
9 Families  84 Genera  202 SpeciesVietnam
7 Families  144 Genera  580 SpeciesYemen
1 Families  17 Genera  30 SpeciesZambia
3 Families  17 Genera  18 SpeciesZimbabwe
6 Families  31 Genera  48 Species

Distribution on islands

Found in fossile formations

Florissant Fossil Beds
6 Families  28 Genera  62 SpeciesGreen River Formation
4 Families  9 Genera  7 SpeciesLondon Clay Formation
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesMuch Wenlock Limestone Formation
2 Families  8 Genera  14 SpeciesPosidonia Shale
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesRott Formation
3 Families  6 Genera  9 SpeciesSunchal Formation
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesTiaojishan Formation
2 Families  5 Genera  6 SpeciesWellington Formation
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesYixian Formation
2 Families  11 Genera  16 Species

Links, sources and further information

Elateroidea at artfakta.se
Elateroidea at dyntaxa.se
Elateroidea at itis.gov