Checklist for Superfamily Elateroidea Leach, 1815 (Click Beetles)
and region South America (America)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 1015
31826
191976 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 1012
31805
191924 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 929
31274
189459 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 543
24019
154741 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 149
9575
64497 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 132
8867
57388 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
| 25
714
5546 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles | 10
448
3611 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for South America
10 Families width 3611 Species and 26 Subspecies | Artematopodidae Lacordaire, 1857 | Soft bodied plant beetle | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856 | Cantharids | 154 | Species | Taxom | | Cerophytidae Latreille, 1834 | Cerophytid beetles | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Elateridae Leach, 1815 | Click Beetle | 2043 | Species | Taxom | | Eucnemidae Eschscholtz, 1829 | Click Beetles | 29 | Species | Taxom | | Lampyridae Latreille, 1817 | Fireflies | 1080 | Species | Taxom | | Lycidae Laporte, 1836 | Lycid beetles | 45 | Species | Taxom | | Phengodidae LeConte, 1861 | Glow-worms | 205 | Species | Taxom | | Telegeusidae (LeConte, 1861) | Glowworm beetles | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Throscidae Laporte, 1840 | False metallic wood-boring beetles | 25 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Elateroidea with occurrences in South America | Family | Artematopodidae
Lacordaire, 1857
soft bodied plant beetle, Soft-bodied plant beetles | 2
14 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Cantharidae
Imhoff, 1856
Cantharids, Leatherwings, Sailor beetles, Soldier beetle, Soldier beetles | 40
154 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Cerophytidae ♰
Latreille, 1834
Cerophytid beetles, Rare click beetles | 3
13 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Elateridae
Leach, 1815
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles, Skipjacks, Snapping beetles, Spring beetles, Wireworm, Wireworms | 226
2043 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Eucnemidae
Eschscholtz, 1829
Click Beetles, false click beetle, False click beetles | 24
29 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lampyridae
Latreille, 1817
Fireflies, Firefly, Firefly Beetles, Glow worms, Glow-worms, Glowworms, Lighting beetles, Lightning bugs, Lightningbugs | 79
1080 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lycidae
Laporte, 1836
Lycid beetles, Lycids, Net-Winged Beetle, Net-winged beetles | 40
45 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Phengodidae
LeConte, 1861
Glow-worms, Glowworm beetles, Glowworms, Long-lipped beetles | 29
205 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Telegeusidae
LeConte, 1861
Glowworm beetles, Long-lipped beetles, Telegeusid beetles | 2
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Throscidae
Laporte, 1840
False metallic wood-boring beetles, Throscid beetles, Throscids, Throseid beetles | 3
25 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Links, sources and further information Elateroidea at artfakta.se
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