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Checklist for Superfamily Elateroidea Leach, 1815 (Click Beetles)
and region Morocco (North Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
414
3689
10159
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
411
3685
10153
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
400
3638
10055
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
251
2823
8311
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
73
1340
4610
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
68
1161
3766
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
12
95
294
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles
6
56
173
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Morocco
6 Families width 173 Species and 2 Subspecies
Elateridae Leach, 1815Click Beetle152SpeciesTaxom
Eucnemidae Eschscholtz, 1829Click Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Throscidae Laporte, 1840False metallic wood-boring beetles6SpeciesTaxom
Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856Cantharids7SpeciesTaxom
Lycidae Laporte, 1836Lycid beetles3SpeciesTaxom
Lampyridae Latreille, 1817Fireflies4SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Morocco
56 Genera with 173 Species
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Agriotella Brown, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Agriotes Eschscholtz, 178315SpeciesTaxom
Alaus Eschscholtz, 1756Eyed Click Beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Ampedus Dejean, 185331SpeciesTaxom
Anelastes Kirby, 18461SpeciesTaxom
Athous Eschscholtz, 18338SpeciesTaxom
Aulonothroscus Horn, 18593SpeciesTaxom
Cantharis Linnaeus, 19612SpeciesTaxom
Cardiophorus Eschscholtz, 190219SpeciesTaxom
Cautires Waterhouse, 01SpeciesTaxom
Cebrio Olivier, 17982SpeciesTaxom
Conoderus Eschscholtz, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Ctenicera Latreille, 18063SpeciesTaxom
Denticollis Piller & Mit..., 18371SpeciesTaxom
Dolerosomus Motschulsky, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Drapetes Dejean, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Drilus A. G. Olivier, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Elater minutus Linn..., 19322SpeciesTaxom
Esthesopus Eschscholtz, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Fleutiauxellus Mequignon, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Glyphonyx Candeze, 18456SpeciesTaxom
Hadromorphus Motschoulsky, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Haterumelater Ohira, 19851SpeciesTaxom
Hemicrepidius Germar, 18061SpeciesTaxom
Heteroderes Latreille, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Hypnoidus Dillwyn, 18292SpeciesTaxom
Isidus Mulsant y Rey, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Lacon Laporte, 19312SpeciesTaxom
Lampyris Geoffroy, 19874SpeciesTaxom
Lanelater Arnett, 18842SpeciesTaxom
Leptoschema Horn, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Ligmargus Stibick, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Liotrichus Kiesenwetter, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Lygistopterus Mulsant, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Malacogaster Bassi, 19513SpeciesTaxom
Malthinus Latreille, 19793SpeciesTaxom
Megapenthes Eschscholtz, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Megathous Reitter, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Melanactes LeConte, 17741SpeciesTaxom
Melanotus Schwarz, 1855Click Beetle17SpeciesTaxom
Microlycus Pic, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Negastrius C.G. Thomson, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Oedostethus LeConte, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Oestodes LeConte, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Oxygonus LeConte, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Parabuprestium Handlirsch, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Paradonus Stibick, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Parallelostethus Schwarz, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Paraphotistus Kishii, 19342SpeciesTaxom
Pelania Mulsant, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Peripontius Gurjeva, 18413SpeciesTaxom
Prosternon Latreille, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Pseudanostirus Dolin, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Rhagonycha Eschscholtz, 20022SpeciesTaxom
Trixagus Kugelann, 18593SpeciesTaxom
Zorochros C.G. Thomson, 18354SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Morocco
173 Species and 2 Subspecies
Agriotella bigeminatus Randall, 1838
Agriotes (Agriotes) collaris (LeConte, 1853)⇒ Agriotes crassiusculus Platia & Gud..., 1998
Agriotes (Agriotes) crassiusculus Platia & Gud..., 1998
Agriotes (Agriotes) grandinii Candeze, 1863
Agriotes (Agriotes) isabellinus Melsheimer, 1845
Agriotes (Agriotes) limosus LeConte, 1853Little brown click beetle
Agriotes (Agriotes) mancus Say, 1823Wheat wireworm
Agriotes (Agriotes) modestus Kiesenwetter, 1858
Agriotes (Agriotes) oblongicollis Melsheimer, 1845
Agriotes (Agriotes) olivieri Desbrochers ..., 1875
Agriotes (Agriotes) pilosellus Schönherr, 1817
Agriotes (Agriotes) proximus Schwarz, 1891
Agriotes (Agriotes) pubescens Melsheimer, 1845
Agriotes (Agriotes) quebecensis Brown, 1933
Agriotes (Agriotes) sordidus Illiger, 1807Click beetle
Agriotes (Agriotes) ustulatus Schaller, 1783
Alaus myops Fabricius, 1801Blind Click Beetle
Alaus oculatus Linnaeus, 1756Eastern Eyed Click Beetle
Ampedus (Ampedus) apicatus Say, 1834
Ampedus (Ampedus) areolatus Say, 1823
Ampedus (Ampedus) aurilegulus Schaufuss, 1863
Ampedus (Ampedus) collaris Say, 1825Red-necked click beetle
Ampedus (Ampedus) deletus LeConte, 1853
Ampedus (Ampedus) fuscatus Melsheimer, 1846
Ampedus (Ampedus) laesus LeConte, 1853
Ampedus (Ampedus) linteus Say, 1839
Ampedus (Ampedus) luctuosus LeConte, 1853
Ampedus (Ampedus) maroccanus Schimmel, Pl..., 1992
Ampedus (Ampedus) melanotoides Brown, 1933
Ampedus (Ampedus) melsheimeri Leng, 1918
Ampedus (Ampedus) meybohmi Zeising & Br..., 2003
Ampedus (Ampedus) militaris Harris, 1836
Ampedus (Ampedus) mixtus Herbst, 1806
Ampedus (Ampedus) nigricollis Herbst, 1806
Ampedus (Ampedus) pedalis Germar, 1844
Ampedus (Ampedus) praeustus Fabricius, 1792
Ampedus (Ampedus) protervus LeConte, 1853
Ampedus (Ampedus) rubricollis Herbst, 1806
Ampedus (Ampedus) rufipennis Stephens, 1830Red-horned Cardinal Click Beetle
Ampedus (Ampedus) sanguineus Linnaeus, 1758Cardinal click beetle
Ampedus (Ampedus) sanguinipennis Say, 1823
Ampedus (Ampedus) sanguinolentus Schrank, 1776
Ampedus (Ampedus) sayi LeConte, 1853
Ampedus (Ampedus) sellatus (Leng, 1918)⇒ Ampedus socer LeConte, 1853
Ampedus (Ampedus) semicinctus Randall, 1838
Ampedus (Ampedus) tingitanus Wurst, 1995
Ampedus (Ampedus) vitiosus LeConte, 1853
Ampedus (Ampedus) xanthomus Germar, 1844
Ampedus socer LeConte, 1853
Anelastes barbarus P. H. Lucas, 1846
Athous (Athous) acanthus Say, 1839
Athous (Athous) brightwelli Kirby, 1837
Athous (Athous) cucullatus Say, 1825
Athous (Athous) fossularis LeConte, 1853
Athous (Athous) neacanthus Becker, 1974
Athous (Athous) orvus Becker, 1974
Athous (Athous) rufifrons Randall, 1838
Athous (Orthathous) campyloides Newman, 1833Curved click beetle
Aulonothroscus (Aulonothroscus) constrictor Say, 1839
Aulonothroscus (Aulonothroscus) distans Blanchard, 1917
Aulonothroscus (Aulonothroscus) punctatus Bonvouloir, 1859
Cantharis (Cantharis) lateralis Linnaeus, 1758
Cantharis (Cantharis) rifensis Kocher, 1961
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) argiolus Géné, 1836
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) beduinus Buysson, 1902
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) belonis Desbrochers ..., 1870
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) bipunctatus Fabricius, 1798
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) cardisce Say, 1834
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) castillanus Buysson, 1902
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) convexulus LeConte, 1853
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) convexus Say, 1823
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) melampus Illiger, 1807
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) poncyi Buysson, 1903
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) robustus LeConte, 1853
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) ruficollis Linnaeus, 1758
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) ruficruris Brullé, 1832
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) rufipes Goeze, 1777
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) scapulatus Candeze, 1878
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) ulcerosus Géné, 1836
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) vestigialis Erichson, 1840
Cardiophorus (Perrinellus) hoploderus Candeze, 1860
Cardiophorus (Perrinellus) stoliger Buysson, 1902
Cautires blaps
Cebrio maculicollis Fairmaire, 1856
Cebrio ruficollis (Fabricius, 1798)⇒ Cebrio fabricii Leach, 1824
Conoderus xysticus Candeze, 1859
Ctenicera cylindriformis Herbst, 1806Meadow wireworm
Ctenicera dorothyae Knull, 1959
Ctenicera pyrrhos Herbst, 1806
Denticollis denticornis Kirby, 1837
Dolerosomus silaceus Say, 1825
Drapetes (Drapetes) geminatus Say, 1825
Drilus mauritanicus Lucas, 1842
Elater (Elater) abruptus Say, 1825
Elater bimaculatus (Van Dyke, 1932)⇒ Ampedus yushiroi W. Suzuki, 1985
Esthesopus atripennis Candeze, 1860
Fleutiauxellus (Fleutiauxellus) extricatus Fall, 1926
Glyphonyx championi Smith & Bals..., 1984
Glyphonyx gracilis Smith & Bals..., 1984
Glyphonyx inquinatus Say, 1834
Glyphonyx quadraticollis Champion, 1896
Glyphonyx recticollis Say, 1823
Glyphonyx testaceus Melsheimer, 1845
Hadromorphus inflatus Say, 1825
Haterumelater schembrii Platia, 1985
Hemicrepidius (Hemicrepidius) memnonius Herbst, 1806
Heteroderes algirinus Lucas, 1849
Hypnoidus abbreviatus Say, 1823Abbreviated wireworm
Hypnoidus bicolor Eschscholtz, 1829
Isidus moreli Mulsant & Rey, 1875
Lacon punctatus Herbst, 1779
Lacon punctatus punctatus oblongus Del..., 1931
Lampyris algerica Ancey, 1870Brown Wood Rail
Lampyris algerica occidentalis Geisthardt, 1983
Lampyris exilis E. Olivier, 1894
Lampyris pallida Geisthardt, 1987
Lanelater notodonta Latreille, 1827
Lanelater olcesii Fairmaire, 1884
Leptoschema vazquezi Cobos, 1972
Ligmargus lecontei Leng, 1918
Liotrichus (Liotrichus) vulnerata LeConte, 1863
Lygistopterus cobosi Cobos, 1961
Malacogaster olcesei Pic, 1951
Malacogaster rutllanti Alcaide, 1946
Malacogaster theryi Pic, 1951
Malthinus (Malthinus) ikauensis Wittmer, 1978
Malthinus (Malthinus) mraceki Svihla, 2002
Malthinus (Malthinus) peyerimhoffi Constantin, 1979
Megapenthes longicornis Schaeffer, 1916
Megathous algirinus Candeze, 1860
Melanactes piceus DeGeer, 1774
Melanotus (Melanotus) americanus Herbst, 1806
Melanotus (Melanotus) castanipes Paykull, 1800
Melanotus (Melanotus) communis Gyllenhal, 1817Common wireworm
Melanotus (Melanotus) decumanus Erichson, 1842
Melanotus (Melanotus) dichrous Erichson, 1841Click beetle
Melanotus (Melanotus) fusciceps Gyllenhal, 1817
Melanotus (Melanotus) leonardi LeConte, 1853
Melanotus (Melanotus) morosus Candeze, 1860
Melanotus (Melanotus) pertinax Say, 1839
Melanotus (Melanotus) prasinus Blatchley, 1910
Melanotus (Melanotus) sagittarius LeConte, 1853
Melanotus (Melanotus) similis Kirby, 1837
Melanotus (Melanotus) tenax Say, 1839
Melanotus (Melanotus) trapezoideus LeConte, 1853
Melanotus (Melanotus) villosus (Geoffroy, 1785)⇒ Melanotus fusciceps Gyllenhal, 1817
Melanotus (Spheniscosomus) cuneiformis Baudi di Selve, 1871
Melanotus (Spheniscosomus) sulcicollis Mulsant & Gu..., 1855
Microlycus biroi Erdös, 1951
Negastrius arnetti Stibick, 1990
Negastrius delumbis G. Horn, 1891
Negastrius pulchellus Linnaeus, 1758
Oedostethus femoralis LeConte, 1853
Oestodes tenuicollis Randall, 1838
Oxygonus obesus Say, 1823
Parabuprestium teleas Westwood, 1854
Paradonus pectoralis Say, 1834
Parallelostethus attenuatus Say, 1825
Paraphotistus (Setasomus) nitidulus LeConte, 1853
Paraphotistus (Setasomus) rufopleuralis Fall, 1934
Pelania mauritanica Linnaeus, 1767
Peripontius dimidiatipennis Reiche & Saulcy, 1856
Peripontius rutilipennis Illiger, 1807
Peripontius terminatus Erichson, 1841
Prosternon medianus Germar, 1843
Pseudanostirus hieroglyphicus Say, 1834
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) marocana Svihla, 1990
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) prudeki Svihla, 2002
Trixagus algiricus de Bonvouloir, 1862
Trixagus carinicollis Schaeffer, 1916
Trixagus chevrolati Bonvouloir, 1859
Zorochros (Zorochros) curtus Germar, 1844
Zorochros (Zorochros) dermestoides (Herbst, 1806)⇒ Zorochros minimus Boisduval & ..., 1835
Zorochros (Zorochros) melsheimeri G. Horn, 1891
Zorochros minimus Boisduval & ..., 1835

Subnodes of Elateroidea with occurrences in Morocco
FamilyCantharidae
Imhoff, 1856
Cantharids, Leatherwings, Sailor beetles, Soldier beetle, Soldier beetles
3
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyElateridae
Leach, 1815
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles, Skipjacks, Snapping beetles, Spring beetles, Wireworm, Wireworms
45
152
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyEucnemidae
Eschscholtz, 1829
Click Beetles, false click beetle, False click beetles
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyLampyridae
Latreille, 1817
Fireflies, Firefly, Firefly Beetles, Glow worms, Glow-worms, Glowworms, Lighting beetles, Lightning bugs, Lightningbugs
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyLycidae
Laporte, 1836
Lycid beetles, Lycids, Net-Winged Beetle, Net-winged beetles
3
3
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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