Checklist of Superfamily Elateroidea Leach, 1815 (Click Beetles)
for Namibia (Southern Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 434
4744
11078 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 432
4729
11035 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 411
4620
10820 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 261
3767
9372 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 67
1354
3313 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 60
1163
2720 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
| 11
59
162 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles | 5
22
30 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Namibia
5 Families width 30 Species
Genera for Namibia
22 Genera with 30 Species
| Afronycha Wittmer, 1949 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Agrypnus Eschscholtz, 1829 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aulonothroscus Horn, 1890 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Caccodes Sharp, 1960 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Conoderus Eschscholtz, 1859 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Craspedostethus Schwarz, 1878 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Demosis Waterhouse, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dicrepidius Eschscholtz, 1829 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dicronychus Brullé, 0 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Drymelater Calder, 1929 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lampyris Geoffroy, 1900 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lanelater Arnett, 2008 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Luciola Laporte, 1888 | Japanese fireflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Meristhus Candeze, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Negastrius C.G. Thomson, 1918 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Oxynopterus Hope, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pleonomoides Schwarz, 1974 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Prodrasterius Fleutiaux, 1974 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Propsephus Hyslop, 1996 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrearinus Costa, 1863 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Selasia Mulsant, 1989 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Tetralobus Lepeletier &..., 1842 | | 3 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Namibia
30 Species | Caccodes brincki Wittmer, 1960 | | | Conoderus xysticus Candeze, 1859 | | | Craspedostethus aspalax Candeze, 1860 | | | Craspedostethus stali Candeze, 1878 | | | Demosis peltatus | | | Dicronychus ferrugineus | | | Drymelater aulacoderus Elston, 1929 | | | Lampyris conspicua Gyllenhal, 1817 | | | Lampyris tinctoria Gorham, 1900 | Sarus Crane | | Lanelater namibiensis Girard, 2008 | | | Luciola tetrasticta Fairmaire, 1888 | | | Negastrius occidentalis Laurent, 1974 | | | Negastrius sexmaculatus Fleutiaux, 1918 | | | Oxynopterus (Oxynopterus) niger Candeze, 1897 | | | Pleonomoides brincki Laurent, 1974 | | | Prodrasterius niger (Laurent, 1974) | ⇒ Drasterius niger Laurent, 1974 | | Propsephus (Propsephus) bucculatus Candeze, 1859 | | | Propsephus (Propsephus) cavifrons Erichson, 1843 | | | Propsephus (Propsephus) hayekae Girard, 1996 | | | Pyrearinus lampyris Candeze, 1863 | | | Selasia chaboti Pic, 1921 | | | Selasia dumosa Geisthardt, 2007 | | | Selasia etoshaensis Wittmer, 1989 | | | Selasia jaegeri Geisthardt, 2007 | | | Selasia oberprieleri Wittmer, 1989 | | | Selasia pulchra Pascoe, 1887 | | | Selasia variabilis Wittmer, 1989 | | | Tetralobus (Tetralobus) flabellicornis Linnaeus, 1767 | Giant Acacia Click Beetle | | Tetralobus (Tetralobus) natalensis Candeze, 1857 | | | Tetralobus (Tetralobus) shuckhardi Hope, 1842 | |
Subnodes of Elateroidea with occurrences in Namibia | Family | Cantharidae
Imhoff, 1856
Cantharids, Leatherwings, Sailor beetles, Soldier beetle, Soldier beetles | 2
1 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Elateridae
Leach, 1815
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles, Skipjacks, Snapping beetles, Spring beetles, Wireworm, Wireworms | 16
25 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lampyridae
Latreille, 1817
Fireflies, Firefly, Firefly Beetles, Glow worms, Glow-worms, Glowworms, Lighting beetles, Lightning bugs, Lightningbugs | 2
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lycidae
Laporte, 1836
Lycid beetles, Lycids, Net-Winged Beetle, Net-winged beetles | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Throscidae
Laporte, 1840
False metallic wood-boring beetles, Throscid beetles, Throscids, Throseid beetles | 1
0 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
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