Checklist for Superfamily Elateroidea Leach, 1815 (Click Beetles)
and region Palau (Micronesia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 223
1164
1850 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 223
1164
1850 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 208
1113
1774 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 129
778
1258 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 37
192
232 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 36
174
211 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
| 5
19
36 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles | 2
13
27 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Palau
2 Families width 27 Species
Genera for Palau
13 Genera with 27 Species | Anchastus LeConte, 1940 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Atyphella A. S. Olliff, 1911 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cryptalaus Ohira, 1952 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Megapenthes Eschscholtz, 1957 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Melanotus Schwarz, 2001 | Click Beetle | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Melanoxanthus Eschscholtz, 1957 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Mulsanteus Gozis, 1878 | Brown Wireworms | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paraupenthes Ohira, 1957 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Photinus Laporte, 1767 | Rover fireflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Priopus Laporte, 1995 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Procraerus Reitter, 1878 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Simodactylus Candeze, 1934 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Tetrigus Candeze, 1940 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Palau
27 Species | Anchastus (Anchastus) dybasi Van Zwaluwen..., 1957 | | | Anchastus (Anchastus) incertus Van Zwaluwen..., 1957 | | | Anchastus (Anchastus) trukensis Van Zwaluwen..., 1940 | | | Atyphella carolinae E.Olivier, 1911 | Southern Crested Guineafowl | | Cryptalaus depressicollis Schwarz, 1900 | | | Cryptalaus guamensis Van Zwaluwen..., 1952 | | | Megapenthes carinifrons Van Zwaluwen..., 1957 | | | Megapenthes subinconditus (Van Zwaluwen..., 1957) | ⇒ Paraupenthes subinconditus Van Zwaluwen..., 1957 | | Melanotus (Melanotus) fabiani Platia & Sch..., 2001 | | | 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 lepidus Van Zwaluwen..., 1957 | | | Melanoxanthus sannio Van Zwaluwen..., 1957 | | | Mulsanteus erubescens Candeze, 1878 | | | Paraupenthes subinconditus Van Zwaluwen..., 1957 | | | Photinus (Photinus) pyralis Linnaeus, 1767 | Big dipper firefly | | Priopus exilis Van Zwaluwen..., 1940 | | | Priopus pendleburyi Platia & Sch..., 1995 | | | Procraerus (Procraerus) semperi Schimmel, 1999 | | | Procraerus (Procraerus) variegatus Candeze, 1878 | | | Simodactylus gressitti Van Zwaluwen..., 1957 | | | Simodactylus palauensis Van Zwaluwen..., 1940 | | | Simodactylus pallidus Fleutiaux, 1934 | | | Tetrigus palauensis Van Zwaluwen..., 1940 | |
Subnodes of Elateroidea with occurrences in Palau | Family | Elateridae
Leach, 1815
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles, Skipjacks, Snapping beetles, Spring beetles, Wireworm, Wireworms | 11
25 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lampyridae
Latreille, 1817
Fireflies, Firefly, Firefly Beetles, Glow worms, Glow-worms, Glowworms, Lighting beetles, Lightning bugs, Lightningbugs | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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