Checklist for Superfamily Elateroidea Leach, 1815 (Click Beetles)
and region Sierra Leone (West Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 314
3514
7841 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 313
3513
7840 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 302
3456
7694 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 209
2933
6972 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 59
1059
2461 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 55
924
2086 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Infraorder
| Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
| 9
83
184 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Superfamily
| Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles | 3
59
138 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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List of families for Sierra Leone
3 Families width 138 Species and 10 Subspecies
Genera for Sierra Leone
59 Genera with 138 Species #ABCDEFHILMNOPQRSTZ
| Actenicerus Kiesenwetter, 1764 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Adrastus Eschscholtz, 1785 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Agriotes Eschscholtz, 1783 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Agrypnus Eschscholtz, 1817 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Ampedus Dejean, 1924 | | 19 | Species | Taxom | | Anchastus LeConte, 1859 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anostirus C.G. Thomson, 1995 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Athous Eschscholtz, 1905 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Betarmon Kiesenwetter, 1803 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Brachygonus Buysson, 1990 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Calambus Thomson, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cardiophorus Eschscholtz, 1840 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Cidnopus C.G. Thomson, 1785 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Craspedostethus Schwarz, 1994 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Crepidophorus Mulsant & Gu..., 1847 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ctenicera Latreille, 1781 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Dalopius Eschscholtz, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Danosoma C.G. Thomson, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Denticollis Piller & Mit..., 1783 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Diacanthous Reitter, 1774 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dicronychus Brullé, 1824 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dima Charpentier, 1825 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Elathous Reitter, 1853 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Fleutiauxellus Mequignon, 1840 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hemicrepidius Germar, 1758 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Hypnoidus Dillwyn, 1994 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Hypoganus Kiesenwetter, 1835 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Idolus Desbrochers, 1854 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ischnodes Germar, 1793 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lacon Laporte, 1931 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Lampyris Geoffroy, 1767 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lanelater Arnett, 1857 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Limonius Eschscholtz, 1758 | Dark Brown Click Beetle | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Liotrichus Kiesenwetter, 1800 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Luciola Laporte, 1825 | Japanese fireflies | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Melanotus Schwarz, 1785 | Click Beetle | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Metanomus Buysson, 1829 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Negastrius C.G. Thomson, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nothodes LeConte, 1799 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oedostethus LeConte, 1824 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oxynopterus Hope, 1842 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pantolamprus Candeze, 1935 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paraphotistus Kishii, 1799 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pheletes Kiesenwetter, 1790 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Phosphaenus Laporte, 1777 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Porthmidius Germar, 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Procraerus Reitter, 1835 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Propsephus Hyslop, 1859 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Prosternon Latreille, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Prosthaptus Gorham, 1900 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Quasimus des Gozis, 1817 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Reitterelater Platia & Cate, 1990 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Selatosomus Stephens, 1801 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Sericus Eschscholtz, 1758 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | Silidius Gorham, 1883 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Stenagostus Thomson, 1774 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Synaptus Eschscholtz, 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tetralobus Lepeletier &..., 1842 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Zorochros C.G. Thomson, 1835 | | 6 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Sierra Leone
138 Species and 10 Subspecies | Actenicerus (Actenicerus) siaelandicus O. F. Müller, 1764 | | | Actenicerus (Actenicerus) sjaelandicus (Müller, 1764) | ⇒ Athous haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1801 | | Adrastus axillaris 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) brevis Candeze, 1863 | | | Agriotes (Agriotes) litigiosus P. Rossi, 1792 | | | Agriotes (Agriotes) pilosellus Schönherr, 1817 | | | Agriotes (Agriotes) ustulatus Schaller, 1783 | | | Agrypnus minutus Schwarz, 1898 | | | Agrypnus murinus Linnaeus, 1758 | Mousegrey click beetle | | Agrypnus parviceps Gyllenhal, 1817 | | | 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) nemoralis Bouwer, 1980 | | | 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) quercicola Buysson, 1887 | | | Ampedus (Ampedus) rufipennis Stephens, 1830 | Red-horned Cardinal Click Beetle | | Ampedus (Ampedus) sanguineus Linnaeus, 1758 | Cardinal click beetle | | Ampedus (Ampedus) sanguinolentus Schrank, 1776 | | | Ampedus (Ampedus) sinuatus Germar, 1844 | | | Ampedus (Ampedus) triangulum Dorn, 1924 | | | Anchastus (Anchastus) senegalensis Candeze, 1859 | | | Anostirus (Anostirus) castaneus Linnaeus, 1758 | Chestnut Click Beetle | | Anostirus castaneus castaneus Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Anostirus (Ipostirus) gracilicollis Stierlin, 1896 | | | Anostirus (Parastirus) purpureus Poda, 1761 | | | Anostirus (Pseudostirus) sulphuripennis Germar, 1843 | | | Anostirus zenii binaghianus Wurst, 1995 | | | Anostirus zenii zenii binaghianus ..., 1995 | | | Athous (Athous) haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1801 | Click Beetle | | Athous (Athous) vittatus Fabricius, 1792 | | | Athous (Haplathous) subfuscus O. F. Müller, 1764 | | | Athous (Orthathous) bicolor (Goeze, 1777) | ⇒ Elathous bicolor LeConte, 1853 | | Athous (Orthathous) campyloides Newman, 1833 | Curved click beetle | | Athous (Orthathous) caviformis Reitter, 1905 | | | Athous (Orthathous) cavus (Germar, 1817) | ⇒ Athous campyloides Newman, 1833 | | Athous (Orthathous) plagipennis Reitter, 1905 | | | Betarmon bisbimaculatus Fabricius, 1803 | | | Brachygonus dubius Platia & Cate, 1990 | | | Calambus bipustulatus Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) bumbunensis Riese, 1994 | | | Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) discicollis Herbst, 1806 | | | Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) gramineus Scopoli, 1763 | | | Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) kangariensis Riese, 1994 | | | Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) leonensis Riese, 1994 | | | Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) vestigialis Erichson, 1840 | | | Cidnopus aeruginosus Olivier, 1790 | | | Cidnopus pilosus Leske, 1785 | | | Craspedostethus walterrossii Riese, 1994 | | | Crepidophorus mutilatus Rosenhauer, 1847 | | | 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 rubripes Germar, 1824 | | | Dima elateroides Charpentier, 1825 | | | Elathous bicolor LeConte, 1853 | | | Fleutiauxellus (Fleutiauxellus) maritimus Curtis, 1840 | | | Hemicrepidius (Athous) hirtus Herbst, 1784 | | | Hemicrepidius (Hemicrepidius) hirtus Herbst, 1784 | | | Hemicrepidius (Hemicrepidius) niger (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Hemicrepidius hirtus Herbst, 1784 | | 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 | | | Lacon lepidopterus Panzer, 1801 | | | Lacon punctatus Herbst, 1779 | | | Lacon punctatus punctatus oblongus Del..., 1931 | | | Lampyris (Lampyris) noctiluca Linnaeus, 1767 | Common glow-worm | | Lanelater glabratus Gyllenhal, 1817 | | | Lanelater substriatus Candeze, 1857 | | | Limonius (Limonius) minutus Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Liotrichus (Liotrichus) affinis Paykull, 1800 | | | Luciola (Luciola) italica Linnaeus, 1767 | | | Luciola (Luciola) lusitanica Charpentier, 1825 | | | Melanotus (Melanotus) brunnipes Germar, 1824 | | | Melanotus (Melanotus) castanipes Paykull, 1800 | | | Melanotus (Melanotus) crassicollis Erichson, 1841 | | | Melanotus (Melanotus) fusciceps Gyllenhal, 1817 | | | Melanotus (Melanotus) punctolineatus Pelerin, 1829 | Sandwich Click Beetle | | Melanotus (Melanotus) tenebrosus Erichson, 1841 | | | Melanotus (Melanotus) villosus (Geoffroy, 1785) | ⇒ Melanotus fusciceps Gyllenhal, 1817 | | Metanomus infuscatus Eschscholtz, 1829 | | | Negastrius pulchellus Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Nothodes parvulus Panzer, 1799 | | | Oedostethus tenuicornis Germar, 1824 | | | Oxynopterus (Megalorhipis) strachani Hope, 1842 | | | Pantolamprus (Pantolamprus) niger Fleutiaux, 1935 | | | Paraphotistus (Paraphotistus) impressus Fabricius, 1792 | | | Paraphotistus impressus impressus | | | Paraphotistus (Setasomus) nigricornis Panzer, 1799 | | | Pheletes aeneoniger DeGeer, 1774 | | | Pheletes quercus A. G. Olivier, 1790 | | | Phosphaenus hemipterus Goeze, 1777 | Lesser glow worm | | Porthmidius austriacus Schrank, 1781 | | | Procraerus (Procraerus) tibialis Lacordaire, 1835 | | | Propsephus (Propsephus) moestus Candeze, 1859 | | | Propsephus (Propsephus) ovalis Candeze, 1859 | | | Prosternon tessellatum Linnaeus, 1758 | Chequered Click Beetle | | Quasimus (Quasimus) minutissimus Germar, 1817 | | | Reitterelater dubius (Platia & Cate, 1990) | ⇒ Brachygonus dubius Platia & Cate, 1990 | | Selatosomus (Pristilophus) cruciatus Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Selatosomus (Selatosomus) aeneus Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Selatosomus (Selatosomus) amplicollis Germar, 1843 | | | Selatosomus confluens confluens rugosus Germar, 1836 | | | Selatosomus confluens rugosus Germar, 1835 | | | Selatosomus (Selatosomus) latus Fabricius, 1801 | | | Sericus (Sericoderma) subaeneus Redtenbacher, 1842 | | | Sericus (Sericus) brunneus Linnaeus, 1759 | | | Sericus brunneus brunneus Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Stenagostus rhombeus Olivier, 1808 | | | Stenagostus rufus DeGeer, 1774 | | | Synaptus filiformis Fabricius, 1781 | Hairy Click Beetle | | Tetralobus (Tetralobus) auricomus Hope, 1842 | | | Tetralobus (Tetralobus) hayeki Laurent, 1964 | | | Tetralobus (Tetralobus) mystacinus Candeze, 1857 | | | Tetralobus (Tetralobus) raffrayi Candeze, 1881 | | | Tetralobus (Tetralobus) shuckhardi Hope, 1842 | | | Zorochros (Zorochros) dermestoides (Herbst, 1806) | ⇒ Zorochros minimus Boisduval & ..., 1835 | | Zorochros (Zorochros) dufouri Buysson, 1900 | | | Zorochros (Zorochros) flavipes (Aubé, 1850) | ⇒ Zorochros minimus Boisduval & ..., 1835 | | Zorochros (Zorochros) meridionalis Laporte, 1840 | | | Zorochros (Zorochros) stibicki Leseigneur, 1970 | | | Zorochros minimus Boisduval & ..., 1835 | |
Subnodes of Elateroidea with occurrences in Sierra Leone | Family | Cantharidae
Imhoff, 1856
Cantharids, Leatherwings, Sailor beetles, Soldier beetle, Soldier beetles | 2
0 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Elateridae
Leach, 1815
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles, Skipjacks, Snapping beetles, Spring beetles, Wireworm, Wireworms | 54
134 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lampyridae
Latreille, 1817
Fireflies, Firefly, Firefly Beetles, Glow worms, Glow-worms, Glowworms, Lighting beetles, Lightning bugs, Lightningbugs | 3
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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