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Checklist for Superfamily Elateroidea Leach, 1815 (Click Beetles)
and region Saskatchewan (West Canada, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
451
4369
10230
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
450
4366
10227
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
427
4274
10024
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
312
3660
8867
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
83
1084
3031
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
77
950
2276
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
12
106
286
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles
6
63
165
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Saskatchewan
6 Families width 165 Species and 8 Subspecies
Elateridae Leach, 1815Click Beetle112SpeciesTaxom
Eucnemidae (Eschscholtz, 1829)Click Beetles3SpeciesTaxom
Lycidae Laporte, 1836Lycid beetles5SpeciesTaxom
Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856Cantharids33SpeciesTaxom
Lampyridae Latreille, 1817Fireflies10SpeciesTaxom
Throscidae Laporte, 1840False metallic wood-boring beetles2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Saskatchewan
63 Genera with 165 Species
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Actenicerus Kiesenwetter, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Aeolus Eschscholtz, 03SpeciesTaxom
Agriotes Eschscholtz, 18536SpeciesTaxom
Ampedus Dejean, 183317SpeciesTaxom
Anchastus LeConte, 18291SpeciesTaxom
Anelastes Kirby, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Athous Eschscholtz, 18382SpeciesTaxom
Calochromus Guérin Ménev..., 18251SpeciesTaxom
Cantharis Linnaeus, 18669SpeciesTaxom
Cardiophorus Eschscholtz, 18535SpeciesTaxom
Conoderus Eschscholtz, 18592SpeciesTaxom
Corymbitodes Buysson, 18453SpeciesTaxom
Ctenicera Latreille, 18372SpeciesTaxom
Dalopius Eschscholtz, 19348SpeciesTaxom
Danosoma C.G. Thomson, 18392SpeciesTaxom
Denticollis Piller & Mit..., 18371SpeciesTaxom
Dichelotarsus Motschulsky, 192610SpeciesTaxom
Dictyoptera Latreille, 1784Roaches and Mantids1SpeciesTaxom
Eanus LeConte, 18532SpeciesTaxom
Ellychnia Blanchard, 1852Diurnal Fireflies2SpeciesTaxom
Epiphanis Eschscholtz, 18291SpeciesTaxom
Greenarus Kazantsev, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Hadromorphus Motschoulsky, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Harminius Fairmaire, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Hemicrepidius Germar, 18064SpeciesTaxom
Hypnoidus Dillwyn, 18084SpeciesTaxom
Hypoganus Kiesenwetter, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Idolus Desbrochers, 18842SpeciesTaxom
Leptoceletes Green, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Limonius Eschscholtz, 1866Dark Brown Click Beetle9SpeciesTaxom
Liotrichus Kiesenwetter, 19352SpeciesTaxom
Lucidota Laporte, 17901SpeciesTaxom
Malthodes Kiesenwetter, 18512SpeciesTaxom
Megapenthes Eschscholtz, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Melanotus Schwarz, 1837Click Beetle2SpeciesTaxom
Metanomus Buysson, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Microhypnus Kishii, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Microrhagus Dejean, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Migiwa Kishii, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Neohypdonus Stibick, 18532SpeciesTaxom
Nitidolimonius Johnson, 18291SpeciesTaxom
Oedostethus LeConte, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Oestodes LeConte, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Oxygonus LeConte, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Pacificanthia Kazantsev, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Paradonus Stibick, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Paraphotistus Kishii, 1966
0SpeciesTaxom
Photinus Laporte, 1851Rover fireflies2SpeciesTaxom
Photuris Dejean, 1774Femme fatale fireflies1SpeciesTaxom
Pityobius LeConte, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Plateros Bourgeois, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Pomachilius Eschscholtz, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Prosternon Latreille, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Pseudanostirus Dolin, 19367SpeciesTaxom
Pyractomena LeConte, 19573SpeciesTaxom
Pyropyga Motschulsky, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Rhagonycha Eschscholtz, 188111SpeciesTaxom
Selatosomus Stephens, 18449SpeciesTaxom
Sericus Eschscholtz, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Setasomus Gureva, 18532SpeciesTaxom
Silis Charpentier, 02SpeciesTaxom
Sylvanelater Johnson, 18532SpeciesTaxom
Trixagus Kugelann, 18592SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Saskatchewan
165 Species and 8 Subspecies
Actenicerus cuprascens LeConte, 1853Marsh Click Beetle
Aeolus mellillus Say, 1836Sweet Click Beetle
Aeolus mellillus marginicollis Horn, 1871
Aeolus mellillus mellillus
Agriotes (Agriotes) criddlei Van Dyke, 1932
Agriotes (Agriotes) fucosus LeConte, 1853
Agriotes (Agriotes) limosus LeConte, 1853Little brown click beetle
Agriotes (Agriotes) mancus Say, 1823Wheat wireworm
Agriotes (Agriotes) pubescens Melsheimer, 1845
Agriotes (Agriotes) stabilis LeConte, 1853
Ampedus (Ampedus) apicatus Say, 1834
Ampedus (Ampedus) deletus LeConte, 1853
Ampedus (Ampedus) evansi Brown, 1933
Ampedus (Ampedus) fusculus LeConte, 1853
Ampedus (Ampedus) laurentinus Brown, 1933
Ampedus (Ampedus) luctuosus LeConte, 1853
Ampedus (Ampedus) melsheimeri Leng, 1918
Ampedus (Ampedus) miniipennis LeConte, 1853
Ampedus (Ampedus) mixtus Herbst, 1806
Ampedus (Ampedus) nigricans Germar, 1844
Ampedus (Ampedus) nigrinus Herbst, 1784
Ampedus (Ampedus) pedalis Germar, 1844
Ampedus (Ampedus) pullus Germar, 1844
Ampedus (Ampedus) quebecensis Brown, 1933
Ampedus (Ampedus) sanguinipennis Say, 1823
Ampedus (Ampedus) uteanus Van Dyke, 1932
Ampedus oblessus Say, 1833
Anchastus (Anchastus) cinereipennis Eschscholtz, 1829
Anelastes drurii Kirby, 1818
Athous (Athous) haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1801Click Beetle
Athous (Athous) productus Randall, 1838
Calochromus perfacetus Say, 1825
Cantharis (Cantharis) livida Linnaeus, 1758Gray bushmallow
Cantharis (Cantharis) nigra De Geer, 1774Cantharid beetle
Cantharis (Cantharis) nigricans Mueller, 1776
Cantharis (Cantharis) rufa Linnaeus, 1758Gray bushmallow
Cantharis alticola LeConte, 1881
Cantharis aneba McKey-Fender, 1951
Cantharis aneba borealis McKey-Fender, 1951
Cantharis coccinea Schaller, 1783
Cantharis transmarina scopa LeConte, 1866
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) cardisce Say, 1834
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) fenestratus LeConte, 1859
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) propinquus Lanchester, 1971
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) pubescens Blanchard, 1889
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) tenebrosus LeConte, 1853
Conoderus auritus Herbst, 1806Wireworm
Conoderus xysticus Candeze, 1859
Corymbitodes dorothyae Knull, 1959
Corymbitodes pygmaeus Van Dyke, 1932
Corymbitodes tarsalis Melsheimer, 1845
Ctenicera aeripennis Kirby, 1837Prairie grain wireworm
Ctenicera kendalli Kirby, 1837
Dalopius asellus Brown, 1934
Dalopius gentilis Brown, 1934
Dalopius inordinatus Brown, 1934
Dalopius mirabilis Brown, 1934
Dalopius pallidus Brown, 1934
Dalopius parvulus Brown, 1934
Dalopius vagus Brown, 1934
Dalopius vernus Brown, 1934
Danosoma brevicorne LeConte, 1853
Danosoma obtectum Say, 1839
Denticollis denticornis Kirby, 1837
Dichelotarsus deceptus W.J.Brown, 1940
Dichelotarsus extremus LeConte, 1881
Dichelotarsus heteronychus Fall, 1927
Dichelotarsus laevicollis Kirby, 1837
Dichelotarsus lygarius Fender, 1962
Dichelotarsus obscurevittatus Fall, 1927
Dichelotarsus piniphilus Eschscholtz, 1830
Dichelotarsus puberulus LeConte, 1850
Dichelotarsus puncticollis Kirby, 1837
Dichelotarsus tetragonoderus Fall, 1926
Dictyoptera aurora Herbst, 1784Golden Net-wing
Eanus (Eanus) decoratus Mannerheim, 1853
Eanus (Eanus) estriatus LeConte, 1853
Ellychnia (Ellychnia) corrusca Linnaeus, 1767Winter Firefly
Ellychnia (Ellychnia) lacustris (LeConte, 1852)⇒ Ellychnia corrusca Linnaeus, 1767
Epiphanis cornutus Eschscholtz, 1829
Greenarus thoracicus Randall, 1838
Hadromorphus glaucus Germar, 1843
Harminius triundulatus Mannerheim, 1853
Hemicrepidius (Hemicrepidius) brevicollis Candeze, 1863
Hemicrepidius (Hemicrepidius) carbonatus LeConte, 1860
Hemicrepidius (Hemicrepidius) hirtus Herbst, 1784
Hemicrepidius (Hemicrepidius) memnonius Herbst, 1806
Hypnoidus abbreviatus Say, 1823Abbreviated wireworm
Hypnoidus bicolor Eschscholtz, 1829
Hypnoidus impressicollis Mannerheim, 1853
Hypnoidus rivularius Gyllenhal, 1808
Hypoganus sulcicollis Say, 1833
Idolus bigeminatus Randall, 1838
Idolus debilis LeConte, 1884
Leptoceletes basalis LeConte, 1847
Limonius (Limonius) aeger LeConte, 1853
Limonius (Limonius) californicus Mannerheim, 1843Sugarbeet wireworm
Limonius (Limonius) canus LeConte, 1853Pacific Coast wireworm
Limonius (Limonius) ectypus Say, 1833
Limonius (Limonius) lanei Van Dyke, 1932
Limonius (Limonius) pectoralis LeConte, 1866
Limonius (Limonius) subauratus LeConte, 1853Columbia Basin wireworm
Limonius (Limonius) ursinus Van Dyke, 1932
Limonius consimilis Walker, 1866
Liotrichus (Liotrichus) spinosus LeConte, 1853
Liotrichus (Liotrichus) stricklandi Brown, 1935
Lucidota atra Olivier, 1790Black Firefly
Malthodes (Malthodes) pumilus Brebisson, 1835
Malthodes parvulus LeConte, 1851
Megapenthes stigmosus LeConte, 1853
Melanotus (Melanotus) castanipes Paykull, 1800
Melanotus (Melanotus) similis Kirby, 1837
Metanomus insidiosus LeConte, 1853
Microhypnus striatulus LeConte, 1853
Microrhagus subsinuatus (LeConte, 1852)⇒ Microrhagus imperfectus LeConte, 1852
Migiwa dubius Horn, 1871
Neohypdonus gentilis LeConte, 1866
Neohypdonus tumescens LeConte, 1853
Nitidolimonius resplendens Eschscholtz, 1829Green Click Beetle
Oedostethus femoralis LeConte, 1853
Oestodes puncticollis G. Horn, 1874
Oxygonus obesus Say, 1823
Pacificanthia curtisi Kirby, 1837
Paradonus pectoralis Say, 1834
Photinus (Photinus) ardens LeConte, 1851
Photinus obscurellus LeConte, 1851
Photuris (Photuris) pennsylvanica De Geer, 1774Dot-dash Firefly
Pityobius anguinus LeConte, 1853Bipectinate Click Beetle
Plateros lictor Newman, 1838
Pomachilius hallomenus Candeze, 1860
Prosternon medianum Germar, 1843
Pseudanostirus hoppingi Van Dyke, 1932
Pseudanostirus nigricollis Bland, 1864
Pseudanostirus ochreipennis LeConte, 1863
Pseudanostirus propolus LeConte, 1853Propelling Click Beetle
Pseudanostirus propolus propolus
Pseudanostirus triundulatus Randall, 1838Three-spotted Click Beetle
Pseudanostirus watsoni W.J.Brown, 1936
Pyractomena angulata Say, 1825Angled Firefly
Pyractomena borealis Randall, 1828Northern Firefly
Pyractomena dispersa Green, 1957Long-range Firefly
Pyropyga nigricans Say, 1823Black-bordered Elf
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) fulva Scopoli, 1763Bloodsucker beetle
Rhagonycha (Spartiolepta) campestris Green, 1941
Rhagonycha (Spartiolepta) excavata LeConte, 1851
Rhagonycha (Spartiolepta) fraxini Say, 1823
Rhagonycha (Spartiolepta) mandibularis Kirby, 1837
Rhagonycha mollis mollis
Rhagonycha (Spartiolepta) oriflava LeConte, 1874
Rhagonycha (Spartiolepta) recta Melsheimer, 1846
Rhagonycha (Spartiolepta) septentrionis Green, 1941
Rhagonycha (Spartiolepta) tantilla LeConte, 1881
Rhagonycha (Spartiolepta) walshi LeConte, 1881
Selatosomus (Pristilophus) festivus LeConte, 1857
Selatosomus (Pristilophus) morulus LeConte, 1863
Selatosomus (Pristilophus) pulcher LeConte, 1853Noble Click Beetle
Selatosomus (Pristilophus) sexualis Brown, 1935
Selatosomus (Selatosomus) aeripennis Kirby, 1837
Selatosomus aeripennis aeripennis
Selatosomus (Selatosomus) appropinquans Randall, 1838
Selatosomus (Selatosomus) destructor Brown, 1935
Selatosomus (Selatosomus) splendens Ziegler, 1844
Sericus (Sericus) incongruus LeConte, 1853
Setasomus aratus LeConte, 1853
Setasomus nitidulus LeConte, 1853
Silis (Silis) difficilis LeConte, 1850
Silis difficilis difficilis
Sylvanelater limoniiformis Horn, 1871
Sylvanelater mendax LeConte, 1853
Trixagus carinicollis Schaeffer, 1916
Trixagus carinifrons Bonvouloir, 1859

Subnodes of Elateroidea with occurrences in Saskatchewan
FamilyCantharidae
Imhoff, 1856
Cantharids, Leatherwings, Sailor beetles, Soldier beetle, Soldier beetles
6
33
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyElateridae
Leach, 1815
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles, Skipjacks, Snapping beetles, Spring beetles, Wireworm, Wireworms
42
112
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyEucnemidae
Eschscholtz, 1829
Click Beetles, false click beetle, False click beetles
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyLampyridae
Latreille, 1817
Fireflies, Firefly, Firefly Beetles, Glow worms, Glow-worms, Glowworms, Lighting beetles, Lightning bugs, Lightningbugs
6
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyLycidae
Laporte, 1836
Lycid beetles, Lycids, Net-Winged Beetle, Net-winged beetles
5
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyThroscidae
Laporte, 1840
False metallic wood-boring beetles, Throscid beetles, Throscids, Throseid beetles
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom



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