Checklist for Superfamily Elateroidea Leach, 1815 (Click Beetles)
and region Mercer County (New Jersey, USA)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 271
1568
2350 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 271
1568
2350 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 259
1527
2265 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 178
1292
1948 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 55
310
392 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 51
266
316 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
| 10
33
53 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles | 4
13
16 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Mercer County (New Jersey)
4 Families width 16 Species
Genera for Mercer County (New Jersey)
13 Genera with 16 Species | Aeolus Eschscholtz, 1836 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ampedus Dejean, 1823 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Athous Eschscholtz, 1801 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chauliognathus Hentz, 1774 | Soldier Beetle | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ellychnia Blanchard, 1767 | Diurnal Fireflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Limonius Eschscholtz, 1833 | Dark Brown Click Beetle | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lucidota Laporte, 1790 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Melanotus Schwarz, 1842 | Click Beetle | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Photinus Laporte, 1767 | Rover fireflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | Photuris Dejean, 1833 | Femme fatale fireflies | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Podabrus Westwood, 1825 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | Pyractomena LeConte, 1845 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Trixagus Kugelann, 1859 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Mercer County (New Jersey)
16 Species | Aeolus mellillus Say, 1836 | Sweet Click Beetle | | Ampedus (Ampedus) areolatus Say, 1823 | | | Athous (Athous) haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1801 | Click Beetle | | Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (DeGeer, 1774) | ⇒ Chauliognathus pensylvanicus DeGeer, 1774 | | Chauliognathus pensylvanicus DeGeer, 1774 | Goldenrod soldier beetle | | Ellychnia (Ellychnia) corrusca Linnaeus, 1767 | Winter Firefly | | Limonius (Limonius) californicus Mannerheim, 1843 | Sugarbeet wireworm | | Limonius (Limonius) ectypus Say, 1833 | | | Lucidota atra Olivier, 1790 | Black Firefly | | Melanotus (Melanotus) communis Gyllenhal, 1817 | Common wireworm | | Melanotus (Melanotus) decumanus Erichson, 1842 | | | Photinus (Photinus) pyralis Linnaeus, 1767 | Big dipper firefly | | Podabrus rugosulus LeConte, 1850 | Wrinkled Soldier Beetle | | Podabrus tomentosus Say, 1825 | | | Trixagus carinicollis Schaeffer, 1916 | | | Trixagus chevrolati Bonvouloir, 1859 | |
Subnodes of Elateroidea with occurrences in Mercer County (New Jersey) | Family | Cantharidae
Imhoff, 1856
Cantharids, Leatherwings, Sailor beetles, Soldier beetle, Soldier beetles | 2
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Elateridae
Leach, 1815
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles, Skipjacks, Snapping beetles, Spring beetles, Wireworm, Wireworms | 5
7 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lampyridae
Latreille, 1817
Fireflies, Firefly, Firefly Beetles, Glow worms, Glow-worms, Glowworms, Lighting beetles, Lightning bugs, Lightningbugs | 5
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Throscidae
Laporte, 1840
False metallic wood-boring beetles, Throscid beetles, Throscids, Throseid beetles | 1
2 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
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