Checklist for Superfamily Elateroidea Leach, 1815 (Click Beetles)
and region Northern South America (South America)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 840
24886
144846 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 837
24869
144808 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 776
24445
142884 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 457
18795
117333 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 128
7393
49239 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 114
6860
44006 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
| 24
524
3445 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles | 10
314
2110 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Northern South America
10 Families width 2110 Species and 15 Subspecies | Artematopodidae Lacordaire, 1857 | Soft bodied plant beetle | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856 | Cantharids | 112 | Species | Taxom | | Cerophytidae Latreille, 1834 | Cerophytid beetles | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Elateridae Leach, 1815 | Click Beetle | 1577 | Species | Taxom | | Eucnemidae Eschscholtz, 1829 | Click Beetles | 22 | Species | Taxom | | Lampyridae Latreille, 1817 | Fireflies | 180 | Species | Taxom | | Lycidae Laporte, 1836 | Lycid beetles | 32 | Species | Taxom | | Phengodidae LeConte, 1861 | Glow-worms | 148 | Species | Taxom | | Telegeusidae (LeConte, 1861) | Glowworm beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Throscidae Laporte, 1840 | False metallic wood-boring beetles | 18 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Elateroidea with occurrences in Northern South America | Family | Artematopodidae
Lacordaire, 1857
soft bodied plant beetle, Soft-bodied plant beetles | 2
10 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Cantharidae
Imhoff, 1856
Cantharids, Leatherwings, Sailor beetles, Soldier beetle, Soldier beetles | 27
112 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Cerophytidae ♰
Latreille, 1834
Cerophytid beetles, Rare click beetles | 3
10 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Elateridae
Leach, 1815
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles, Skipjacks, Snapping beetles, Spring beetles, Wireworm, Wireworms | 156
1577 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Eucnemidae
Eschscholtz, 1829
Click Beetles, false click beetle, False click beetles | 19
22 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lampyridae
Latreille, 1817
Fireflies, Firefly, Firefly Beetles, Glow worms, Glow-worms, Glowworms, Lighting beetles, Lightning bugs, Lightningbugs | 44
180 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lycidae
Laporte, 1836
Lycid beetles, Lycids, Net-Winged Beetle, Net-winged beetles | 34
32 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Phengodidae
LeConte, 1861
Glow-worms, Glowworm beetles, Glowworms, Long-lipped beetles | 25
148 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Telegeusidae
LeConte, 1861
Glowworm beetles, Long-lipped beetles, Telegeusid beetles | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Throscidae
Laporte, 1840
False metallic wood-boring beetles, Throscid beetles, Throscids, Throseid beetles | 3
18 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Links, sources and further information Elateroidea at artfakta.se
Elateroidea at dyntaxa.se
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