Checklist for Superfamily Elateroidea Leach, 1815 (Click Beetles)
and region Penobscot County (Maine, USA)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 294
1559
2595 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 293
1557
2593 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 277
1495
2458 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 207
1302
2200 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 49
251
330 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 44
208
253 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
| 10
35
49 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles | 5
12
13 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Penobscot County
5 Families width 13 Species
Genera for Penobscot County
12 Genera with 13 Species | Cantharis Linnaeus, 1758 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Chauliognathus Hentz, 1774 | Soldier Beetle | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ellychnia Blanchard, 1767 | Diurnal Fireflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eurypogon Motschulsky, 1846 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hemicrepidius Germar, 1806 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Limonius Eschscholtz, 1823 | Dark Brown Click Beetle | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lucidota Laporte, 1790 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oedostethus LeConte, 1853 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Photinus Laporte, 1851 | Rover fireflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | Photuris Dejean, 1833 | Femme fatale fireflies | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Pyractomena LeConte, 1825 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trixagus Kugelann, 1916 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Penobscot County
13 Species | Cantharis (Cantharis) livida Linnaeus, 1758 | Gray bushmallow | | Cantharis (Cantharis) rufa Linnaeus, 1758 | Gray bushmallow | | Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (DeGeer, 1774) | ⇒ Chauliognathus pensylvanicus DeGeer, 1774 | | Ellychnia (Ellychnia) corrusca Linnaeus, 1767 | Winter Firefly | | Eurypogon niger Melsheimer, 1846 | | | Hemicrepidius (Hemicrepidius) memnonius Herbst, 1806 | | | Limonius (Limonius) aeger LeConte, 1853 | | | Limonius (Limonius) auripilis Say, 1823 | | | Lucidota atra Olivier, 1790 | Black Firefly | | Oedostethus femoralis LeConte, 1853 | | | Photinus (Photinus) ardens LeConte, 1851 | | | Pyractomena angulata Say, 1825 | Angled Firefly | | Trixagus carinicollis Schaeffer, 1916 | |
Subnodes of Elateroidea with occurrences in Penobscot County | Family | Artematopodidae
Lacordaire, 1857
soft bodied plant beetle, Soft-bodied plant beetles | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Cantharidae
Imhoff, 1856
Cantharids, Leatherwings, Sailor beetles, Soldier beetle, Soldier beetles | 2
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Elateridae
Leach, 1815
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles, Skipjacks, Snapping beetles, Spring beetles, Wireworm, Wireworms | 3
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lampyridae
Latreille, 1817
Fireflies, Firefly, Firefly Beetles, Glow worms, Glow-worms, Glowworms, Lighting beetles, Lightning bugs, Lightningbugs | 5
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Throscidae
Laporte, 1840
False metallic wood-boring beetles, Throscid beetles, Throscids, Throseid beetles | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
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