Checklist for Superfamily Elateroidea Leach, 1815 (Click Beetles)
and region New Guinea (Australasia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 397
4697
21747 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 396
4696
21746 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 381
4612
21406 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 237
3397
17247 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 65
1298
7004 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 61
1061
5507 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
| 12
73
478 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles | 4
41
173 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for New Guinea
4 Families width 173 Species
Genera for New Guinea
41 Genera with 173 Species #ACDHLMPQST
| Adelocera Latreille, 1874 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Agonischius Candeze, 1943 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Agrypnus Eschscholtz, 1878 | | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Alaus Eschscholtz, 0 | Eyed Click Beetles | 34 | Species | Taxom | | Ampedus Dejean, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anathesis Candeze, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anchastus LeConte, 1910 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Anthracalaus Fairmaire, 1951 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Aspisoma Laporte, 1907 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aulonothroscus Horn, 1963 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Campsosternus Latreille, 1931 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cardiophorus Eschscholtz, 1936 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Chauliognathus Hentz, 1964 | Soldier Beetle | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Conoderus Eschscholtz, 1878 | | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Cryptalaus Ohira, 1857 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Ctenicera Latreille, 1963 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dioxypterus Fairmaire, 1935 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Drapetes Dejean, 1966 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hapatesus Candeze, 1958 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Heschatroxus Candeze, 1952 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Heteroderes Latreille, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypnoidus Dillwyn, 1878 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lacon Laporte, 1853 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lanelater Arnett, 1882 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Medeopteryx Ballantyne, 1885 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Megapenthes Eschscholtz, 1878 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Melanotus Schwarz, 1878 | Click Beetle | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Melanoxanthus Eschscholtz, 1883 | | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Mulsanteus Gozis, 1878 | Brown Wireworms | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platianulus Schimmel, 1880 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platynychus Motschulsky, 1878 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Potergus Bonvouloir, 1871 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Priopus Laporte, 1910 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Procraerus Reitter, 1878 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Propsephus Hyslop, 1882 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudotetralobus Schwarz, 1902 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pteroptyx Olivier, 1987 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Quasimus des Gozis, 1963 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Simodactylus Candeze, 1882 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Symphostethus Schwarz, 1941 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Tetrigus Candeze, 0 | | 4 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for New Guinea
173 Species | Adelocera laxus Candeze, 1874 | | | Agonischius pulcher Van Zwaluwen..., 1943 | | | Agrypnus alternatus Schwarz, 1902 | | | Agrypnus asperulatus Candeze, 1878 | | | Agrypnus cinerascens Candeze, 1879 | | | Agrypnus gracilentus Schwarz, 1902 | | | Agrypnus gracilis Blackburn, 1890 | | | Agrypnus gragetensis Szombathy, 1909 | | | Agrypnus impressus Candeze, 1878 | Turret spider | | Agrypnus insularis (Candeze, 1874) | ⇒ Lanelater aequalis Candeze, 1857 | | Agrypnus limosus Candeze, 1881 | | | Agrypnus longicollis (Heller, 1914) | ⇒ Lanelater longicollis Candeze, 1889 | | Agrypnus pupillus Candeze, 1892 | | | Agrypnus scopus Schwarz, 1902 | | | Agrypnus subsericeus Candeze, 1878 | | | Alaus acontias Candeze, 1882 | | | Alaus albertisi | | | Alaus alpestris Van Zwaluwen..., 1963 | | | Alaus alternans Van Zwaluwen..., 1963 | | | Alaus angularis | | | Alaus archboldi Van Zwaluwen..., 1963 | | | Alaus arfakianus | | | Alaus aspersus Van Zwaluwen..., 1963 | | | Alaus basalis | | | Alaus bicornutus | | | Alaus borelii Candeze, 1857 | | | Alaus cerastes Candeze, 1865 | | | Alaus cheesmanae Van Zwaluwen..., 1963 | | | Alaus corniger Van Zwaluwen..., 1963 | | | Alaus cornutus | | | Alaus cretatus Van Zwaluwen..., 1963 | | | Alaus doriae | | | Alaus furvus Van Zwaluwen..., 1963 | | | Alaus hybris Candeze, 1900 | | | Alaus infumatus | | | Alaus montanus Van Zwaluwen..., 1963 | | | Alaus morphnus Candeze, 1900 | | | Alaus nigrobasalis Van Zwaluwen..., 1963 | | | Alaus ninguidus Van Zwaluwen..., 1963 | | | Alaus obliquus | | | Alaus scops | | | Alaus similis Van Zwaluwen..., 1963 | | | Alaus spinifer Van Zwaluwen..., 1963 | | | Alaus striatus Candeze, 1900 | | | Alaus toxopei Van Zwaluwen..., 1963 | | | Alaus tuberculatus Montrouzier, 1855 | | | Alaus umbonatus Van Zwaluwen..., 1963 | | | Alaus velentinus Candeze, 1880 | | | Alaus velutinus | | | Ampedus (Ampedus) melanopterus Montrouzier, 1855 | | | Anathesis laconoides Candeze, 1865 | | | Anchastus (Anchastus) disjunctus | | | Anchastus (Anchastus) insulsus Candeze, 1892 | | | Anchastus (Anchastus) longicornis Candeze, 1865 | | | Anchastus (Anchastus) nitidulus Candeze, 1878 | | | Anchastus (Anchastus) pisciculus Candeze, 1878 | | | Anchastus (Candezella) biroi Szombathy, 1910 | | | Anchastus (Candezella) elongata Szombathy, 1910 | | | Anchastus (Candezella) horvathi Szombathy, 1910 | | | Anchastus (Candezella) nitidicollis Szombathy, 1910 | | | Anthracalaus agrypnoides Fleutiaux, 1940 | | | Anthracalaus novaguinensis Van Zwaluwen..., 1951 | | | Aspisoma nigrum E. Olivier, 1907 | Helmeted Guineafowl | | Aulonothroscus (Aulonothroscus) cuneatus Fleutiaux, 1897 | | | Aulonothroscus (Aulonothroscus) cupido Cobos, 1963 | | | Aulonothroscus (Aulonothroscus) grandis Fleutiaux, 1897 | | | Aulonothroscus (Aulonothroscus) hector Cobos, 1972 | | | Aulonothroscus (Aulonothroscus) minos Cobos, 1963 | | | Aulonothroscus (Aulonothroscus) papuanus Cobos, 1963 | | | Campsosternus papuensis Van Zwaluwen..., 1931 | | | Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) alboguttatus Schwarz, 1902 | | | Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) decoratus Fleutiaux, 1936 | | | Chauliognathus cheesmanae Wittmer, 1964 | | | Conoderus arouensis | | | Conoderus biroi Szombathy, 1909 | | | Conoderus contiguus Candeze, 1878 | | | Conoderus corniculatus Candeze, 1878 | | | Conoderus cristatus Candeze, 1880 | | | Conoderus disjunctus Candeze, 1892 | | | Conoderus froggatii Van Zwaluwen..., 1940 | | | Conoderus horistonotus Candeze, 1878 | | | Conoderus marginipennis | | | Conoderus mucronatus Candeze, 1878 | | | Conoderus pauperatus Candeze, 1878 | | | Conoderus propinquans Schenkling, 1925 | | | Conoderus umbraculatus Candeze, 1865 | | | Conoderus vuilleti Fleutiaux, 1917 | | | Conoderus yulensis Candeze, 1878 | | | Cryptalaus pumilus Candeze, 1874 | | | Cryptalaus scytale Candeze, 1857 | | | Cryptalaus sericeus Candeze, 1874 | | | Cryptalaus spinicollis Van Zwaluwen..., 1951 | | | Cryptalaus suboculatus Candeze, 1857 | | | Ctenicera currax Van Zwaluwen..., 1963 | | | Dioxypterus fordi Van Zwaluwen..., 1963 | | | Dioxypterus makirensis Montrouzier, 1855 | | | Dioxypterus ottonis | | | Dioxypterus pulcher Van Zwaluwen..., 1940 | | | Dioxypterus undulatus | | | Dioxypterus venustus Van Zwaluwen..., 1933 | | | Dioxypterus vitticollis Heller, 1935 | | | Drapetes (Drapetes) argenteopilosus Cobos, 1966 | | | Hapatesus (Hapatesus) hirtellus Candeze, 1882 | | | Hapatesus (Hapatesus) linus Neboiss, 1958 | | | Hapatesus (Hapatesus) tropicus Neboiss, 1958 | | | Heschatroxus longicollis Schwarz, 1901 | | | Heschatroxus mucronatus Van Zwaluwen..., 1963 | | | Heschatroxus rossi Van Zwaluwen..., 1952 | | | Heteroderes pusillus Candeze, 1865 | | | Hypnoidus suturalis Candeze, 1878 | | | Lacon tristis Blanchard, 1853 | | | Lanelater aequalis Candeze, 1857 | | | Lanelater gestroi Candeze, 1880 | | | Lanelater pacificus Candeze, 1882 | | | Lanelater resectus Candeze, 1857 | | | Lanelater soricinus Candeze, 1882 | | | Medeopteryx corusca Ballantyne, 1987 | Purple Gallinule | | Medeopteryx elucens Ballantyne, 1987 | Purple Gallinule | | Medeopteryx flagrans Ballantyne, 1987 | Purple Gallinule | | Medeopteryx fulminea Ballantyne, 1987 | Purple Gallinule | | Medeopteryx similisantennata Ballantyne, 1987 | Purple Gallinule | | Medeopteryx sublustris Ballantyne, 1987 | Purple Gallinule | | Medeopteryx tarsalis E. Olivier, 1885 | Wild Turkey | | Megapenthes agriotides Candeze, 1865 | | | Megapenthes dorsalis Candeze, 1878 | | | Megapenthes punctatus Candeze, 1878 | | | Megapenthes suturalis Candeze, 1878 | | | Melanotus (Melanotus) albertisi Candeze, 1878 | | | Melanoxanthus angularis Candeze, 1878 | | | Melanoxanthus bellulus Van Zwaluwen..., 1948 | | | Melanoxanthus bicinctus Fleutiaux, 1916 | | | Melanoxanthus exiguus Van Zwaluwen..., 1931 | | | Melanoxanthus glyphonides Van Zwaluwen..., 1931 | | | Melanoxanthus melanocephalus Fabricius, 1781 | Click beetle | | Melanoxanthus partitus Candeze, 1878 | | | Melanoxanthus ruficollis Candeze, 1878 | | | Melanoxanthus subcylindricus Candeze, 1865 | | | Melanoxanthus tetraspilotus Fairmaire, 1883 | | | Mulsanteus erubescens Candeze, 1878 | | | Platianulus albertisi Candeze, 1880 | | | Platynychus (Platynychus) papuensis Candeze, 1878 | | | Potergus filiformis Bonvouloir, 1871 | | | Priopus aequalis Candeze, 1878 | | | Priopus consanguineus Candeze, 1860 | | | Priopus erythronotus Candeze, 1865 | | | Priopus robustus Szombathy, 1910 | | | Procraerus (Procraerus) variegatus Candeze, 1878 | | | Propsephus (Propsephus) bitinctus Van Zwaluwen..., 1963 | | | Propsephus (Propsephus) chatanayi | | | Propsephus (Propsephus) obesus Van Zwaluwen..., 1940 | | | Propsephus (Propsephus) papuensis Candeze, 1882 | | | Pseudotetralobus dohrni Schwarz, 1902 | | | Pteroptyx corusca (Ballantyne, 1987) | ⇒ Medeopteryx corusca Ballantyne, 1987 | | Pteroptyx elucens (Ballantyne, 1987) | ⇒ Medeopteryx elucens Ballantyne, 1987 | | Pteroptyx flagrans (Ballantyne, 1987) | ⇒ Medeopteryx flagrans Ballantyne, 1987 | | Pteroptyx fulminea (Ballantyne, 1987) | ⇒ Medeopteryx fulminea Ballantyne, 1987 | | Pteroptyx similisantennata (Ballantyne, 1987) | ⇒ Medeopteryx similisantennata Ballantyne, 1987 | | Pteroptyx sublustris (Ballantyne, 1987) | ⇒ Medeopteryx sublustris Ballantyne, 1987 | | Quasimus (Quasimus) divisus Van Zwaluwen..., 1963 | | | Simodactylus fasciolatus Fairmaire, 1883 | | | Simodactylus longior Van Zwaluwen..., 1963 | | | Simodactylus major Van Zwaluwen..., 1963 | | | Simodactylus pembertoni Van Zwaluwen..., 1931 | | | Simodactylus similis Candeze, 1878 | | | Simodactylus spinifer Van Zwaluwen..., 1940 | | | Simodactylus tertius Candeze, 1882 | | | Symphostethus collaris Schwarz, 1903 | | | Symphostethus malaita Van Zwaluwen..., 1940 | | | Symphostethus ruficollis Pjatakawa, 1941 | | | Tetrigus cristatus Van Zwaluwen..., 1951 | | | Tetrigus flabellatus Germar, 1844 | | | Tetrigus petilus Van Zwaluwen..., 1963 | | | Tetrigus pexus | |
Subnodes of Elateroidea with occurrences in New Guinea | Family | Cantharidae
Imhoff, 1856
Cantharids, Leatherwings, Sailor beetles, Soldier beetle, Soldier beetles | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Elateridae
Leach, 1815
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles, Skipjacks, Snapping beetles, Spring beetles, Wireworm, Wireworms | 35
151 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lampyridae
Latreille, 1817
Fireflies, Firefly, Firefly Beetles, Glow worms, Glow-worms, Glowworms, Lighting beetles, Lightning bugs, Lightningbugs | 3
14 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Throscidae
Laporte, 1840
False metallic wood-boring beetles, Throscid beetles, Throscids, Throseid beetles | 2
7 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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