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Checklist for Superfamily Elateroidea Leach, 1815 (Click Beetles)
and region Micronesia (Oceania)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
347
2545
5352
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
347
2545
5352
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
330
2485
5245
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
201
1849
4058
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
62
738
1781
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
58
680
1695
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
7
76
220
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles
2
60
190
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Micronesia
2 Families width 190 Species and 10 Subspecies
Elateridae Leach, 1815Click Beetle187SpeciesTaxom
Lampyridae Latreille, 1817Fireflies3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Micronesia
60 Genera with 190 Species
#ABCDEFGHLMNOPSTZ
Actenicerus Kiesenwetter, 17642SpeciesTaxom
Adrastus Eschscholtz, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Agriotes Eschscholtz, 19676SpeciesTaxom
Agrypnus Eschscholtz, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Alaus Eschscholtz, 1928Eyed Click Beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Ampedus Dejean, 175816SpeciesTaxom
Anchastus LeConte, 19404SpeciesTaxom
Anostirus C.G. Thomson, 19884SpeciesTaxom
Aplotarsus Stephens, 18271SpeciesTaxom
Athous Eschscholtz, 17643SpeciesTaxom
Atyphella A. S. Olliff, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Berninelsonius Leseigneur, 18271SpeciesTaxom
Calambus Thomson, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Cardiophorus Eschscholtz, 188916SpeciesTaxom
Cidnopus C.G. Thomson, 17852SpeciesTaxom
Compsolacon Reitter, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Conoderus Eschscholtz, 18291SpeciesTaxom
Corymbitodes Buysson, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Cryptalaus Ohira, 19522SpeciesTaxom
Ctenicera Latreille, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Dalopius Eschscholtz, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Danosoma C.G. Thomson, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Denticollis Piller & Mit..., 17833SpeciesTaxom
Diacanthous Reitter, 17741SpeciesTaxom
Dicronychus Brullé, 19005SpeciesTaxom
Ectinus Eschscholtz, 17611SpeciesTaxom
Fleutiauxellus Mequignon, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Gamepenthes Fleutiaux, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Hemicrepidius Germar, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Hypnoidus Dillwyn, 19944SpeciesTaxom
Hypoganus Kiesenwetter, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Lacon Laporte, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Lampyris Geoffroy, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Lanelater Arnett, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Liotrichus Kiesenwetter, 18001SpeciesTaxom
Megapenthes Eschscholtz, 19573SpeciesTaxom
Melanotus Schwarz, 1785Click Beetle14SpeciesTaxom
Melanoxanthus Eschscholtz, 195720SpeciesTaxom
Monocrepidius Eschscholtz, 18291SpeciesTaxom
Mulsanteus Gozis, 1887Brown Wireworms2SpeciesTaxom
Negastrius C.G. Thomson, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Oedostethus LeConte, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Orithales Kiesenwetter, 18002SpeciesTaxom
Paraphotistus Kishii, 17995SpeciesTaxom
Paraupenthes Ohira, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Pheletes Kiesenwetter, 17741SpeciesTaxom
Photinus Laporte, 1767Rover fireflies1SpeciesTaxom
Pleonomus Ménétriés, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Priopus Laporte, 19952SpeciesTaxom
Procraerus Reitter, 18783SpeciesTaxom
Prodrasterius Fleutiaux, 1927
0SpeciesTaxom
Prosternon Latreille, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Pseudanostirus Dolin, 19821SpeciesTaxom
Selatosomus Stephens, 19826SpeciesTaxom
Semiotus Eschscholtz, 17631SpeciesTaxom
Sericus Eschscholtz, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Simodactylus Candeze, 195218SpeciesTaxom
Stenagostus Thomson, 17741SpeciesTaxom
Tetrigus Candeze, 19482SpeciesTaxom
Zorochros C.G. Thomson, 18359SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Micronesia
190 Species and 10 Subspecies
Actenicerus (Actenicerus) siaelandicus O. F. Müller, 1764
Actenicerus (Actenicerus) sjaelandicus (Müller, 1764)⇒ Athous haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1801
Adrastus pallens Fabricius, 1792
Agriotes (Agriotes) caspicus Heyden, 1883
Agriotes (Agriotes) kirghisicus Yablokov-Khn..., 1970
Agriotes (Agriotes) lineatus Linnaeus, 1767Click Beetles
Agriotes squalidus squalidus squalidus Sc..., 1891
Agriotes squalidus vesperalis Gurjeva, 1972
Agriotes (Agriotes) tadzhikistanicus Gurjeva, 1967
Agrypnus cognatus Van Zwaluwen..., 1957
Agrypnus gracilis Blackburn, 1890
Agrypnus murinus Linnaeus, 1758Mousegrey click beetle
Alaus guamensis
Alaus samoensis Van Zwaluwen..., 1928
Ampedus (Ampedus) aurosericeus Gurjeva, 1957
Ampedus (Ampedus) balteatus Linnaeus, 1758
Ampedus (Ampedus) cardinalis Schiödte, 1865Cardinal Click Beetle
Ampedus (Ampedus) cinnabarinus Eschscholtz, 1829
Ampedus (Ampedus) hjorti B. G. Rye, 1905
Ampedus (Ampedus) lateritius Dolin & Prot..., 1965
Ampedus (Ampedus) nigroflavus Goeze, 1777
Ampedus (Ampedus) ogloblini Denisova, 1948
Ampedus (Ampedus) pomonae (Stephens, 1830)⇒ Ampedus quercicola Buysson, 1887
Ampedus (Ampedus) pomorum Herbst, 1784
Ampedus (Ampedus) praeustus Fabricius, 1792
Ampedus (Ampedus) quercicola Buysson, 1887
Ampedus (Ampedus) sanguineus Linnaeus, 1758Cardinal click beetle
Ampedus (Ampedus) sanguinolentus Schrank, 1776
Ampedus (Ampedus) suecicus Palm, 1976
Ampedus (Ampedus) tristis Linnaeus, 1758
Anchastus (Anchastus) cinereipennis Eschscholtz, 1829
Anchastus (Anchastus) dybasi Van Zwaluwen..., 1957
Anchastus (Anchastus) incertus Van Zwaluwen..., 1957
Anchastus (Anchastus) trukensis Van Zwaluwen..., 1940
Anostirus (Anostirus) castaneus Linnaeus, 1758Chestnut Click Beetle
Anostirus castaneus castaneus Linnaeus, 1758
Anostirus edecorus Schwarz, 1906
Anostirus hirculus Gurjeva, 1988
Aplotarsus incanus Gyllenhal, 1827
Athous (Athous) haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1801Click Beetle
Athous (Athous) vittatus Fabricius, 1792
Athous (Haplathous) subfuscus O. F. Müller, 1764
Atyphella carolinae E.Olivier, 1911Southern Crested Guineafowl
Berninelsonius hyperboreus Gyllenhal, 1827
Calambus bipustulatus Linnaeus, 1758
Cardiophorus gebleri gebleri gebleri Cand..., 1860
Cardiophorus gebleri rutilipes Gurjeva, 1966
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) hauseri Schwarz, 1900
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) longulus Erichson, 1840
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) mesasiaticus Dolin & Latifi, 1997
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) mutabilis Gurjeva, 1966
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) nigricollis Erichson, 1840
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) nigroaeneus Dolin & Prot..., 1965
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) olgae Solsky, 1881
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) pellitoides Gurjeva, 1966
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) przewalskii Gurjeva, 1966
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) ruficollis Linnaeus, 1758
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) tricolor Reitter, 1896
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) uzbek Dolin, 2003
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) vestigialis Erichson, 1840
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) vexillarius Candeze, 1889
Cidnopus aeruginosus Olivier, 1790
Cidnopus pilosus Leske, 1785
Compsolacon cognatus (Van Zwaluwen..., 1957)⇒ Agrypnus cognatus Van Zwaluwen..., 1957
Conoderus pallipes Eschscholtz, 1829Click beetle
Corymbitodes excellens Gurjeva, 1962
Cryptalaus depressicollis Schwarz, 1900
Cryptalaus guamensis Van Zwaluwen..., 1952
Ctenicera cuprea Fabricius, 1781
Ctenicera pectinicornis Linnaeus, 1758
Dalopius marginatus Linnaeus, 1758
Danosoma conspersa Gyllenhal, 1808
Danosoma fasciata Linnaeus, 1758
Denticollis borealis Paykull, 1800
Denticollis linearis Linnaeus, 1758
Denticollis rubens Piller & Mit..., 1783
Diacanthous undulatus De Geer, 1774
Dicronychus blandus Solsky, 1881
Dicronychus equiseti (Herbst, 1784)⇒ Dicronychus equisetioides Lohse, 1976
Dicronychus equisetioides Lohse, 1976
Dicronychus nigropunctatus Motschulsky, 1860
Dicronychus sahlbergi Schwarz, 1900
Ectinus aterrimus Linnaeus, 1761
Fleutiauxellus (Fleutiauxellus) maritimus Curtis, 1840
Gamepenthes similis Lewis, 1894
Hemicrepidius (Athous) hirtus Herbst, 1784
Hemicrepidius (Hemicrepidius) hirtus Herbst, 1784
Hemicrepidius (Hemicrepidius) niger (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Hemicrepidius hirtus Herbst, 1784
Hypnoidus alticola Gurjeva, 1963
Hypnoidus riparius Fabricius, 1792
Hypnoidus rivularius Gyllenhal, 1808
Hypnoidus rivularius rivularius ainu Ôhira &..., 1994
Hypoganus inunctus Lacordaire, 1835
Lacon modestus Boisduval, 1835Click beetle
Lampyris (Lampyris) noctiluca Linnaeus, 1767Common glow-worm
Lanelater bifoveatus Candeze, 1857
Liotrichus (Liotrichus) affinis Paykull, 1800
Megapenthes carinifrons Van Zwaluwen..., 1957
Megapenthes disjunctus Van Zwaluwen..., 1957
Megapenthes subinconditus (Van Zwaluwen..., 1957)⇒ Paraupenthes subinconditus Van Zwaluwen..., 1957
Melanotus (Melanotus) acuminatus Reitter, 1891
Melanotus (Melanotus) avitus Candeze, 1886
Melanotus (Melanotus) castanipes Paykull, 1800
Melanotus (Melanotus) dilaticollis Reitter, 1891
Melanotus (Melanotus) fabiani Platia & Sch..., 2001
Melanotus (Melanotus) fusciceps Gyllenhal, 1817
Melanotus (Melanotus) heydeni Schwarz, 1892
Melanotus (Melanotus) kirghizicus Dolin, 1969
Melanotus (Melanotus) manifestus Gurjeva, 1989
Melanotus (Melanotus) morbosus Candeze, 1886
Melanotus (Melanotus) skopini Dolin, 1971
Melanotus (Melanotus) turkestanicus Schwarz, 1892
Melanotus (Melanotus) validus Schwarz, 1892
Melanotus (Melanotus) villosus (Geoffroy, 1785)⇒ Melanotus fusciceps Gyllenhal, 1817
Melanoxanthus arcuatus Van Zwaluwen..., 1957
Melanoxanthus argus Van Zwaluwen..., 1957
Melanoxanthus comptus Van Zwaluwen..., 1928
Melanoxanthus cracens Van Zwaluwen..., 1957
Melanoxanthus dissitus Van Zwaluwen..., 1957
Melanoxanthus divergens Van Zwaluwen..., 1957
Melanoxanthus festivus Van Zwaluwen..., 1957
Melanoxanthus guamensis Van Zwaluwen..., 1942
Melanoxanthus lariversi Van Zwaluwen..., 1957
Melanoxanthus lepidus Van Zwaluwen..., 1957
Melanoxanthus luteus
Melanoxanthus melanocephalus Fabricius, 1781Click beetle
Melanoxanthus minor Van Zwaluwen..., 1957
Melanoxanthus sannio Van Zwaluwen..., 1957
Melanoxanthus silus Van Zwaluwen..., 1957
Melanoxanthus similis (Van Zwaluwen..., 1957)⇒ Gamepenthes similis Lewis, 1894
Melanoxanthus simplex Van Zwaluwen..., 1957
Melanoxanthus usingeri Van Zwaluwen..., 1942
Melanoxanthus varians Van Zwaluwen..., 1957
Melanoxanthus venustus Van Zwaluwen..., 1957
Monocrepidius pallipes (Eschscholtz, 1829)⇒ Conoderus pallipes Eschscholtz, 1829
Mulsanteus erubescens Candeze, 1878
Mulsanteus turanicus Reitter, 1887
Negastrius arenicola Boheman, 1854
Negastrius nadezhadae Dolin, 1971Nadezhda's click beetle
Negastrius pulchellus Linnaeus, 1758
Oedostethus tenuis Gurjeva, 1963
Orithales serraticornis Paykull, 1800
Orithales serraticornis serraticornis Paykull, 1800
Paraphotistus (Mosotalesus) impressoides Reitter, 1901
Paraphotistus (Mosotalesus) subalpinus Gurjeva, 1979
Paraphotistus (Paraphotistus) impressus Fabricius, 1792
Paraphotistus impressus impressus
Paraphotistus (Setasomus) nigricornis Panzer, 1799
Paraupenthes subinconditus Van Zwaluwen..., 1957
Pheletes aeneoniger DeGeer, 1774
Photinus (Photinus) pyralis Linnaeus, 1767Big dipper firefly
Pleonomus laticornis Reitter, 1900
Priopus exilis Van Zwaluwen..., 1940
Priopus pendleburyi Platia & Sch..., 1995
Procraerus (Procraerus) semperi Schimmel, 1999
Procraerus (Procraerus) tibialis Lacordaire, 1835
Procraerus (Procraerus) variegatus Candeze, 1878
Prosternon tessellatum Linnaeus, 1758Chequered Click Beetle
Pseudanostirus orodromus Gurjeva, 1982
Selatosomus (Pristilophus) cruciatus Linnaeus, 1758
Selatosomus (Pristilophus) melancholicus Fabricius, 1798
Selatosomus melancholicus melancholicus Fabricius, 1798
Selatosomus (Selatosomus) aeneus Linnaeus, 1758
Selatosomus (Warchalowskia) lemniscatus Denisova, 1948
Selatosomus (Warchalowskia) victor Gurjeva, 1982
Semiotus ligneus Linnaeus, 1763
Sericus (Sericus) brunneus Linnaeus, 1759
Sericus brunneus brunneus Linnaeus, 1758
Simodactylus beardsleyi Van Zwaluwen..., 1957
Simodactylus collinus Van Zwaluwen..., 1957
Simodactylus decoratus Van Zwaluwen..., 1957
Simodactylus decumanus Van Zwaluwen..., 1957
Simodactylus exsul Van Zwaluwen..., 1957
Simodactylus fasciolatus Fairmaire, 1883
Simodactylus gressitti Van Zwaluwen..., 1957
Simodactylus impressus Van Zwaluwen..., 1957
Simodactylus lineatus Van Zwaluwen..., 1948
Simodactylus marianarum
Simodactylus marianorum Van Zwaluwen..., 1948
Simodactylus marshallensis Ôhira, 1971
Simodactylus nitens Van Zwaluwen..., 1957
Simodactylus palauensis Van Zwaluwen..., 1940
Simodactylus pallidus Fleutiaux, 1934
Simodactylus remotus Van Zwaluwen..., 1957
Simodactylus tasmani Candeze, 1893
Simodactylus trukensis Van Zwaluwen..., 1952
Stenagostus rufus DeGeer, 1774
Tetrigus palauensis Van Zwaluwen..., 1940
Tetrigus townesi Van Zwaluwen..., 1948
Zorochros (Zorochros) aequicollis Reitter, 1895
Zorochros (Zorochros) dermestoides (Herbst, 1806)⇒ Zorochros minimus Boisduval & ..., 1835
Zorochros (Zorochros) flavipes (Aubé, 1850)⇒ Zorochros minimus Boisduval & ..., 1835
Zorochros (Zorochros) mesasiaticus Dolin, 1995
Zorochros (Zorochros) murinoides Gurjeva, 1963
Zorochros (Zorochros) murinus Reitter, 1895
Zorochros (Zorochros) nanus Gurjeva, 1963
Zorochros (Zorochros) tshatkalensis Dolin, 1971
Zorochros minimus Boisduval & ..., 1835

Subnodes of Elateroidea with occurrences in Micronesia
FamilyElateridae
Leach, 1815
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles, Skipjacks, Snapping beetles, Spring beetles, Wireworm, Wireworms
57
187
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



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