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Checklist for Superfamily Elateroidea Leach, 1815 (Click Beetles)
and region Romania (Southeast Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
428
4448
13853
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
425
4445
13849
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
413
4419
13803
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
284
3674
12096
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
79
1321
4386
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
76
1185
3538
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
13
110
272
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles
6
80
200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Romania
6 Families width 200 Species and 11 Subspecies
Elateridae Leach, 1815Click Beetle0SpeciesTaxom
Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856Cantharids0SpeciesTaxom
Eucnemidae Eschscholtz, 1829Click Beetles0SpeciesTaxom
Lampyridae Latreille, 1817Fireflies0SpeciesTaxom
Lycidae Laporte, 1836Lycid beetles0SpeciesTaxom
Throscidae Laporte, 1840False metallic wood-boring beetles0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Romania
200 Species and 11 Subspecies
Actenicerus (Actenicerus) siaelandicus O. F. Müller, 1764
Actenicerus (Actenicerus) sjaelandicus (Müller, 1764)⇒ Athous haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1801
Adrastus axillaris Erichson, 1841
Adrastus lacertosus Erichson, 1841
Adrastus limbatus (Fabricius, 1777)⇒ Adrastus pallens Fabricius, 1792
Adrastus montanus Scopoli, 1763
Adrastus pallens Fabricius, 1792
Adrastus rachifer Geoffroy, 1785
Agriotes (Agriotes) acuminatus Stephens, 1830
Agriotes (Agriotes) gurgistanus Faldermann, 1835
Agriotes (Agriotes) medvedevi Dolin, 1960
Agriotes (Agriotes) modestus Kiesenwetter, 1858
Agriotes (Agriotes) obscurus Linnaeus, 1758Click beetle
Agriotes (Agriotes) pallidulus Illiger, 1807
Agriotes (Agriotes) pilosellus Schönherr, 1817
Agriotes (Agriotes) sordidus Illiger, 1807Click beetle
Agriotes (Agriotes) ustulatus Schaller, 1783
Agrypnus murinus Linnaeus, 1758Mousegrey click beetle
Ampedus (Ampedus) aethiops (Lacordaire, 1835)⇒ Ampedus nigerrimus Lacordaire, 1835
Ampedus (Ampedus) balteatus Linnaeus, 1758
Ampedus (Ampedus) cinnabarinus Eschscholtz, 1829
Ampedus (Ampedus) elegantulus Schönherr, 1817
Ampedus (Ampedus) elongatulus Fabricius, 1787
Ampedus (Ampedus) erythrogonus P. W. J. Mül..., 1821
Ampedus (Ampedus) forticornis Schwarz, 1900
Ampedus (Ampedus) glycereus (Herbst, 1784)⇒ Ampedus elongatulus Fabricius, 1787
Ampedus (Ampedus) nigerrimus Lacordaire, 1835
Ampedus (Ampedus) nigroflavus Goeze, 1777
Ampedus (Ampedus) pomonae (Stephens, 1830)⇒ Ampedus quercicola Buysson, 1887
Ampedus (Ampedus) pomorum Herbst, 1784
Ampedus (Ampedus) praeustus Fabricius, 1792
Ampedus (Ampedus) quadrisignatus Gyllenhal, 1817
Ampedus (Ampedus) quercicola Buysson, 1887
Ampedus (Ampedus) rufipennis Stephens, 1830Red-horned Cardinal Click Beetle
Ampedus (Ampedus) sanguineus Linnaeus, 1758Cardinal click beetle
Ampedus (Ampedus) sanguinolentus Schrank, 1776
Ampedus (Ampedus) sinuatus Germar, 1844
Ampedus (Ampedus) tristis Linnaeus, 1758
Ancistronycha cyanipennis Faldermann, 1835
Ancistronycha tigurina Dietrich, 1857
Anostirus (Anostirus) castaneus Linnaeus, 1758Chestnut Click Beetle
Anostirus (Anostirus) castaneus castaneus Linnaeus, 1758
Anostirus (Ipostirus) gracilicollis Stierlin, 1896
Anostirus (Parastirus) purpureus Poda, 1761
Anostirus (Pseudostirus) sulphuripennis Germar, 1843
Anostirus stramineipennis Binaghi, 1940
Aplotarsus angustulus Kiesenwetter, 1858
Aplotarsus incanus Gyllenhal, 1827
Athous (Alcimathous) sacheri Kiesenwetter, 1858
Athous (Athous) haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1801Click Beetle
Athous (Athous) vittatus Fabricius, 1792
Athous (Haplathous) euxinus Buysson, 1912
Athous (Haplathous) mollis Reitter, 1889
Athous (Haplathous) subfuscus O. F. Müller, 1764
Athous (Haplathous) transylvanicus Platia, 2001
Athous (Haplathous) zebei Bach, 1852
Athous (Orthathous) apfelbecki Reitter, 1905
Athous (Orthathous) bicolor (Goeze, 1777)⇒ Elathous bicolor LeConte, 1853
Athous (Orthathous) campyloides Newman, 1833Curved click beetle
Athous (Orthathous) cavus (Germar, 1817)⇒ Athous campyloides Newman, 1833
Athous (Orthathous) kaszabi Dolin, 1986
Athous (Orthathous) picipennis Reitter, 1905
Athous (Orthathous) plagipennis Reitter, 1905
Betarmon bisbimaculatus Fabricius, 1803
Brachygonus megerlei Lacordaire, 1835
Brachygonus ruficeps Mulsant & Gu..., 1855
Calambus bipustulatus Linnaeus, 1758
Cantharis (Cantharis) fusca (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Psalydolytta fusca Olivier, 1795
Cantharis (Cantharis) livida Linnaeus, 1758Gray bushmallow
Cantharis (Cantharis) nigricans Mueller, 1776
Cantharis (Cantharis) pagana Rosenhauer, 1847
Cantharis (Cantharis) rufa Linnaeus, 1758Gray bushmallow
Cantharis (Cantharis) rustica Fallen, 1807Soldier beetle
Cantharis (Cantharis) terminata Faldermann, 1835
Cantharis coccinea Schaller, 1783
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) asellus Erichson, 1840
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) discicollis Herbst, 1806
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) dolini Mardjanian, 1985
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) ebeninus Germar, 1824
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) gramineus Scopoli, 1763
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) maritimus Dolin, 1971
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) nigerrimus Erichson, 1840
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) ruficollis Linnaeus, 1758
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) rufipes Goeze, 1777
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) vestigialis Erichson, 1840
Cidnopus aeruginosus Olivier, 1790
Cidnopus pilosus Leske, 1785
Clypeorhagus clypeatus Hampe, 1850
Conoderus xysticus Candeze, 1859
Ctenicera cuprea Fabricius, 1781
Ctenicera heyeri Saxesen, 1838
Ctenicera pectinicornis Linnaeus, 1758
Ctenicera virens Schrank, 1781
Dalopius marginatus Linnaeus, 1758
Danosoma fasciata Linnaeus, 1758
Denticollis linearis Linnaeus, 1758
Denticollis rubens Piller & Mit..., 1783
Diacanthous undulatus De Geer, 1774
Dicronychus cinereus Herbst, 1784
Dicronychus equiseti (Herbst, 1784)⇒ Dicronychus equisetioides Lohse, 1976
Dicronychus equisetioides Lohse, 1976
Dicronychus rubripes Germar, 1824
Dicronychus senaci Desbrochers ..., 1869
Dima elateroides Charpentier, 1825
Drapetes (Drapetes) mordelloides Host, 1789
Dromaeolus barnabita A._Villa & G..., 1838
Ectamenogonus montandoni Buysson, 1888
Ectinus aterrimus Linnaeus, 1761
Elater (Elater) ferrugineus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Betarmon bisbimaculatus Fabricius, 1803
Elater (Elater) ferrugineus ferrugineus Linnaeus, 1758
Elater bimaculatus (Van Dyke, 1932)⇒ Ampedus yushiroi W. Suzuki, 1985
Elathous bicolor LeConte, 1853
Eucnemis capucina Ahr., 1812False click beetle
Farsus dubius Piller & Mit..., 1783
Hemicrepidius (Athous) hirtus Herbst, 1784
Hemicrepidius (Hemicrepidius) hirtus Herbst, 1784
Hemicrepidius (Hemicrepidius) niger (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Hemicrepidius hirtus Herbst, 1784
Hylis olexai Palm, 1955
Hypnoidus riparius Fabricius, 1792
Hypnoidus rivularius Gyllenhal, 1808
Hypnoidus rivularius rivularius ainu Ôhira &..., 1994
Hypoganus inunctus Lacordaire, 1835
Idolus picipennis Bach, 1854
Ischnodes sanguinicollis Panzer, 1793
Ischnodes sanguinicollis sanguinicollis Panzer, 1793
Isorhipis melasoides Laporte, 1835
Isorhipis nigriceps Mannerheim, 1823
Isoriphis melasoides (Laporte de C..., 1835)⇒ Isorhipis melasoides Laporte, 1835
Isoriphis nigriceps (Mannerheim, 1823)⇒ Isorhipis nigriceps Mannerheim, 1823
Lacon lepidopterus Panzer, 1801
Lacon punctatus Herbst, 1779
Lacon punctatus punctatus oblongus Del..., 1931
Lacon querceus Herbst, 1784Oak Click Beetle
Lampyris (Lampyris) noctiluca Linnaeus, 1767Common glow-worm
Lampyris germariensis Jacquelin du..., 1860
Lampyris zenkeri (Germar, 1817)⇒ Lampyris germariensis Jacquelin du..., 1860
Lampyris zenkeri zenkeri Germar, 1817
Limoniscus violaceus P. W. J. Mül..., 1821Violet click beetle
Limonius (Limonius) minutus Linnaeus, 1758
Limonius (Limonius) poneli Leseigneur &..., 2007
Liotrichus (Liotrichus) affinis Paykull, 1800
Luciola (Luciola) italica Linnaeus, 1767
Luciola (Luciola) lusitanica Charpentier, 1825
Lygistopterus sanguineus Linnaeus, 1758
Malthodes (Malthodes) borsaensis Svihla, 1980
Malthodes (Malthodes) dispar Germar, 1824
Malthodes (Malthodes) maurus Laporte, 1840
Megapenthes lugens Redtenbacher, 1842The Queen's Executioner
Melanotus (Melanotus) brunnipes Germar, 1824
Melanotus (Melanotus) castanipes Paykull, 1800
Melanotus (Melanotus) crassicollis Erichson, 1841
Melanotus (Melanotus) fusciceps Gyllenhal, 1817
Melanotus (Melanotus) punctolineatus Pelerin, 1829Sandwich Click Beetle
Melanotus (Melanotus) tenebrosus Erichson, 1841
Melanotus (Melanotus) villosus (Geoffroy, 1785)⇒ Melanotus fusciceps Gyllenhal, 1817
Metanomus infuscatus Eschscholtz, 1829
Microrhagus lepidus Rosenhauer, 1847
Microrhagus pygmaeus Fabricius, 1792
Negastrius pulchellus Linnaeus, 1758
Negastrius sabulicola Boheman, 1854
Nematodes filum Fabricius, 1801
Neopristilophus insitivus Germar, 1824
Nothodes parvulus Panzer, 1799
Oedostethus quadripustulatus Fabricius, 1792
Oedostethus tenuicornis Germar, 1824
Orithales serraticornis Paykull, 1800
Orithales serraticornis serraticornis Paykull, 1800
Otho sphondyloides Germar, 1818
Paracardiophorus musculus Erichson, 1840
Paraphotistus (Paraphotistus) impressus Fabricius, 1792
Paraphotistus (Paraphotistus) impressus impressus
Paraphotistus (Setasomus) nigricornis Panzer, 1799
Peripontius terminatus Erichson, 1841
Pheletes aeneoniger DeGeer, 1774
Pheletes quercus A. G. Olivier, 1790
Phosphaenopterus montandoni Bourgeois, 1900
Podabrus (Podabrus) alpinus Paykull, 1798
Podeonius acuticornis Germar, 1824
Podistra (Absidia) rufotestacea Letzner, 1845
Porthmidius austriacus Schrank, 1781
Procraerus (Procraerus) tibialis Lacordaire, 1835
Prosternon chrysocomum Germar, 1843
Prosternon tessellatum Linnaeus, 1758Chequered Click Beetle
Pseudanostirus globicollis Germar, 1843
Pyropterus nigroruber DeGeer, 1774
Quasimus (Quasimus) minutissimus Germar, 1817
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) fulva Scopoli, 1763Bloodsucker beetle
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) lignosa O.F. Müller, 1764
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) nigriceps (Waltl, 1838)⇒ Rhagonycha mollis mollis
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) rorida Kiesenwetter, 1867
Rhagonycha (Spartiolepta) mollis mollis
Selatosomus (Pristilophus) cruciatus Linnaeus, 1758
Selatosomus (Pristilophus) melancholicus Fabricius, 1798
Selatosomus (Pristilophus) melancholicus melancholicus Fabricius, 1798
Selatosomus (Selatosomus) aeneus Linnaeus, 1758
Selatosomus (Selatosomus) amplicollis Germar, 1843
Selatosomus (Selatosomus) gravidus (Germar, 1843)⇒ Selatosomus latus Fabricius, 1801
Selatosomus (Selatosomus) latus Fabricius, 1801
Sericus (Sericoderma) subaeneus Redtenbacher, 1842
Sericus (Sericus) brunneus Linnaeus, 1759
Sericus (Sericus) brunneus brunneus Linnaeus, 1758
Stenagostus rhombeus Olivier, 1808
Stenagostus rufus DeGeer, 1774
Synaptus filiformis Fabricius, 1781Hairy Click Beetle
Trixagus elateroides Heer, 1841
Zorochros (Zorochros) dermestoides (Herbst, 1806)⇒ Zorochros minimus Boisduval & ..., 1835
Zorochros (Zorochros) flavipes (Aubé, 1850)⇒ Zorochros minimus Boisduval & ..., 1835
Zorochros (Zorochros) meridionalis Laporte, 1840
Zorochros (Zorochros) quadriguttatus (Laporte, 1840)⇒ Zorochros minimus Boisduval & ..., 1835
Zorochros minimus Boisduval & ..., 1835

Subnodes of Elateroidea with occurrences in Romania
FamilyCantharidae
Imhoff, 1856
Cantharids, Leatherwings, Sailor beetles, Soldier beetle, Soldier beetles
6
20
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyElateridae
Leach, 1815
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles, Skipjacks, Snapping beetles, Spring beetles, Wireworm, Wireworms
58
158
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyEucnemidae
Eschscholtz, 1829
Click Beetles, false click beetle, False click beetles
10
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyLampyridae
Latreille, 1817
Fireflies, Firefly, Firefly Beetles, Glow worms, Glow-worms, Glowworms, Lighting beetles, Lightning bugs, Lightningbugs
3
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyLycidae
Laporte, 1836
Lycid beetles, Lycids, Net-Winged Beetle, Net-winged beetles
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyThroscidae
Laporte, 1840
False metallic wood-boring beetles, Throscid beetles, Throscids, Throseid beetles
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



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