Checklist for Superfamily Elateroidea Leach, 1815 (Click Beetles)
and region Islands of Japan (Japan)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 176
941
1675 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 176
941
1675 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 173
935
1667 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 127
772
1410 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 44
457
872 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 41
404
793 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
| 5
28
42 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles | 3
19
30 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Islands of Japan
3 Families width 30 Species
Genera for Islands of Japan
19 Genera with 30 Species | Agriotes Eschscholtz, 1994 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Agrypnus Eschscholtz, 1955 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cryptalaus Ohira, 1857 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Drilaster Kiesenwetter, 1977 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Luciola Laporte, 1854 | Japanese fireflies | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lychnuris Blanchard, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lycocerus Gorham, 2001 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Malthodes Kiesenwetter, 2001 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Megapenthes Eschscholtz, 1990 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Melanotus Schwarz, 1982 | Click Beetle | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Mulsanteus Gozis, 1966 | Brown Wireworms | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pectocera Hope, 1976 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Procraerus Reitter, 1878 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Prothemus Champion, 1997 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrocoelia Gorham, 1886 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Quasimus des Gozis, 1998 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Reitterelater Platia & Cate, 2000 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ryukyucardiophorus Ohira, 1934 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Silesis Candeze, 1930 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Islands of Japan
30 Species | Agriotes (Agriotes) asaokai Ôhira, 1994 | | | Agrypnus arenicola Nakane & Kishii, 1955 | | | Agrypnus miyakei Ôhira, 1967 | | | Agrypnus miyamotoi Nakane & Kishii, 1955 | | | Cryptalaus berus Candeze, 1864 | | | Cryptalaus putridus Candeze, 1857 | | | Drilaster okinawensis Nakane, 1977 | | | Luciola (Hotaria) papariensis Doi, 1932 | Bogota Rail | | Luciola (Luciola) cruciata (Motschulsky, 1854) | ⇒ Luciola picticollis Kiesenwetter, 1874 | | Lychnuris miyako | | | Lycocerus hiroshii Sato & Okushima, 2001 | | | Malthodes (Malthodes) brevicauda Takahashi, 2001 | | | Malthodes (Malthodes) eurypygus Takahashi, 2001 | | | Malthodes (Malthodes) miyamotoi Takahashi, 2001 | | | Megapenthes azumai Arimoto, 1990 | | | Melanotus (Melanotus) akusekianus Ôhira, 1997 | | | Melanotus (Melanotus) kumensis Ôhira, 1999 | | | Melanotus (Melanotus) sakischimensis Ôhira, 1982 | | | Mulsanteus rubuginosus Ôhira, 1966 | | | Pectocera fortunei Candeze, 1873 | | | Pectocera yaeyamana Suzuki, 1976 | | | Procraerus (Agaripenthes) tsutsuii Nakane & Kishii, 1955 | | | Procraerus (Procraerus) variegatus Candeze, 1878 | | | Prothemus nigrihumeralis Okushima & Sato, 1997 | | | Pyrocoelia rufa E. Olivier, 1886 | | | Quasimus (Quasimus) hiroyoshii Ôhira, 1998 | | | Quasimus (Quasimus) okinawensis Ôhira, 1998 | | | Reitterelater kuriharai Ôhira, 2000 | | | Ryukyucardiophorus loochooensis Miwa, 1934 | | | Silesis sauteri Miwa, 1930 | |
Subnodes of Elateroidea with occurrences in Islands of Japan | Family | Cantharidae
Imhoff, 1856
Cantharids, Leatherwings, Sailor beetles, Soldier beetle, Soldier beetles | 3
5 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Elateridae
Leach, 1815
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles, Skipjacks, Snapping beetles, Spring beetles, Wireworm, Wireworms | 12
20 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lampyridae
Latreille, 1817
Fireflies, Firefly, Firefly Beetles, Glow worms, Glow-worms, Glowworms, Lighting beetles, Lightning bugs, Lightningbugs | 4
5 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
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