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Checklist for Superfamily Elateroidea Leach, 1815 (Click Beetles)
and region South England (England, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
692
6147
13193
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
690
6143
13188
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
629
5970
12926
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
401
5027
11447
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
100
1570
3339
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
88
1354
2685
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
18
123
253
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles
6
60
113
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for South England
6 Families width 113 Species
Elateridae (Leach, 1815)Click Beetle62SpeciesTaxom
Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856Cantharids35SpeciesTaxom
Lampyridae Latreille, 1817Fireflies5SpeciesTaxom
Eucnemidae Eschscholtz, 1829Click Beetles5SpeciesTaxom
Throscidae Laporte, 1840False metallic wood-boring beetles5SpeciesTaxom
Lycidae Laporte, 1836Lycid beetles1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for South England
60 Genera with 113 Species
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Actenicerus Kiesenwetter, 17641SpeciesTaxom
Adrastus Eschscholtz, 17852SpeciesTaxom
Aeolus Eschscholtz, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Afronycha Wittmer, 1949
0SpeciesTaxom
Agriotes Eschscholtz, 17586SpeciesTaxom
Agrypnus Eschscholtz, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Ampedus Dejean, 17766SpeciesTaxom
Anepismus Handlirsch, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Aplotarsus Stephens, 18271SpeciesTaxom
Apocritites Rasnitsyn & ..., 19981SpeciesTaxom
Asymmetricata Ballantyne, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Athous Eschscholtz, 18334SpeciesTaxom
Biadelater Handlirsch, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Cantharis Linnaeus, 178313SpeciesTaxom
Cardiophorus Eschscholtz, 18402SpeciesTaxom
Cidnopus C.G. Thomson, 17901SpeciesTaxom
Conoderus Eschscholtz, 18592SpeciesTaxom
Crudosilis Kazantsev, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Dalopius Eschscholtz, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Denticollis Piller & Mit..., 17581SpeciesTaxom
Drilus A. G. Olivier, 17901SpeciesTaxom
Elater minutus Linn..., 18562SpeciesTaxom
Elaterina Gardiner, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Elaterites Tillyard, 19204SpeciesTaxom
Elaterium Westwood, 18542SpeciesTaxom
Elaterophanes Handlirsch, 18563SpeciesTaxom
Eucnemis Lindl., 18121SpeciesTaxom
Hapatesus Candeze, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Hemicrepidius Germar, 17841SpeciesTaxom
Hylis Gozis, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Ischnodes Germar, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Lampyris Geoffroy, 18172SpeciesTaxom
Limonius Eschscholtz, 1758Dark Brown Click Beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Malthinus Latreille, 18524SpeciesTaxom
Malthodes Kiesenwetter, 18358SpeciesTaxom
Megapenthes Eschscholtz, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Melanotus Schwarz, 1829Click Beetle3SpeciesTaxom
Melasis Olivier, 17611SpeciesTaxom
Micrelaterium Handlirsch, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Microrhagus Dejean, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Mimelater Handlirsch, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Pactopus LeConte, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Parabuprestium Handlirsch, 18542SpeciesTaxom
Phosphaenus Laporte, 17771SpeciesTaxom
Photinus Laporte, 1767Rover fireflies1SpeciesTaxom
Platycis C.G. Thomson, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Podabrus Westwood, 19282SpeciesTaxom
Porrostoma Guérin-Ménev..., 1838
0SpeciesTaxom
Potergites Britton, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Prosternon Latreille, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Rhagonycha Eschscholtz, 18326SpeciesTaxom
Robopus Motschoulsky, 1853
0SpeciesTaxom
Selatosomus Stephens, 1830
0SpeciesTaxom
Sphaenelater Schwarz, 1902
0SpeciesTaxom
Stenagostus Thomson, 18081SpeciesTaxom
Stenelytron Kukalová, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Synaptus Eschscholtz, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Telephorus Schaeffer, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Trixagus Kugelann, 18274SpeciesTaxom
Zorochros C.G. Thomson, 18061SpeciesTaxom


Species list for South England
113 Species
Actenicerus (Actenicerus) sjaelandicus (Müller, 1764)⇒ Athous haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1801
Adrastus pallens Fabricius, 1792
Adrastus rachifer Geoffroy, 1785
Aeolus mellillus Say, 1836Sweet Click Beetle
Agriotes (Agriotes) acuminatus Stephens, 1830
Agriotes (Agriotes) lineatus Linnaeus, 1767Click Beetles
Agriotes (Agriotes) obscurus Linnaeus, 1758Click beetle
Agriotes (Agriotes) pallidulus Illiger, 1807
Agriotes (Agriotes) sordidus Illiger, 1807Click beetle
Agriotes (Agriotes) sputator Linnaeus, 1758Common click beetle
Agrypnus murinus Linnaeus, 1758Mousegrey click beetle
Ampedus (Ampedus) balteatus Linnaeus, 1758
Ampedus (Ampedus) cinnabarinus Eschscholtz, 1829
Ampedus (Ampedus) elongatulus Fabricius, 1787
Ampedus (Ampedus) quercicola Buysson, 1887
Ampedus (Ampedus) rufipennis Stephens, 1830Red-horned Cardinal Click Beetle
Ampedus (Ampedus) sanguinolentus Schrank, 1776
Anepismus vanus Giebel, 1856
Aplotarsus incanus Gyllenhal, 1827
Apocritites distinctus A. P. Rasnitsyn, 1998
Asymmetricata circumdata Motschulsky, 1854
Athous (Athous) haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1801Click Beetle
Athous (Athous) vittatus Fabricius, 1792
Athous (Orthathous) bicolor (Goeze, 1777)⇒ Elathous bicolor LeConte, 1853
Athous (Orthathous) campyloides Newman, 1833Curved click beetle
Biadelater werneri Giebel, 1856
Cantharis (Cantharis) cryptica (Ashe, 1947)⇒ Cantharis cornix Abeille de P..., 1869
Cantharis (Cantharis) decipiens Baudi, 1871
Cantharis (Cantharis) figurata Mannerheim, 1843
Cantharis (Cantharis) fusca (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Psalydolytta fusca Olivier, 1795
Cantharis (Cantharis) livida Linnaeus, 1758Gray bushmallow
Cantharis (Cantharis) nigra De Geer, 1774Cantharid beetle
Cantharis (Cantharis) nigricans Mueller, 1776
Cantharis (Cantharis) pallida (Goeze, 1777)⇒ Rhagonycha lignosa O.F. Müller, 1764
Cantharis (Cantharis) pellucida Fabricius, 1792
Cantharis (Cantharis) rufa Linnaeus, 1758Gray bushmallow
Cantharis (Cantharis) rustica Fallen, 1807Soldier beetle
Cantharis (Cyrtomoptila) lateralis Linnaeus, 1758
Cantharis coccinea Schaller, 1783
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) asellus Erichson, 1840
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) vestigialis Erichson, 1840
Cidnopus aeruginosus Olivier, 1790
Conoderus exsul Sharp, 1877Click beetle
Conoderus xysticus Candeze, 1859
Crudosilis ruficollis (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Silis ruficollis Fabricius, 1775
Dalopius marginatus Linnaeus, 1758
Denticollis linearis Linnaeus, 1758
Drilus flavescens Olivier, 1790
Elater (Elater) ferrugineus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Betarmon bisbimaculatus Fabricius, 1803
Elater neptuni Giebel, 1856
Elaterina liassica Gardiner, 1961
Elaterites laconoides T. D. A. Coc..., 1920
Elaterites murchisoni C. G. Giebel, 1856
Elaterites perditulus T. D. A. Coc..., 1920
Elaterites sculptilis T. D. A. Coc..., 1920
Elaterium barypus Westwood, 1854
Elaterium pronaeus Westwood, 1854
Elaterophanes acutus T. D. A. Coc..., 1915
Elaterophanes regius Whalley, 1985
Elaterophanes vetustus C. G. Giebel, 1856
Eucnemis capucina Ahr., 1812False click beetle
Hapatesus (Hapatesus) electus Neboiss, 1957
Hemicrepidius (Hemicrepidius) hirtus Herbst, 1784
Hylis cariniceps Rtt., 1902
Ischnodes sanguinicollis Panzer, 1793
Lampyris (Lampyris) noctiluca Linnaeus, 1767Common glow-worm
Lampyris conspicua Gyllenhal, 1817
Limonius (Limonius) minutus Linnaeus, 1758
Malthinus (Malthinus) frontalis Marsham, 1802
Malthinus balteatus Suffrian, 1851
Malthinus flaveolus Herbst, 1784
Malthinus seriepunctatus Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthodes (Malthodes) dispar Germar, 1824
Malthodes (Malthodes) fibulatus Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthodes (Malthodes) flavoguttatus Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthodes (Malthodes) fuscus Waltl, 1838
Malthodes (Malthodes) guttifer Allen, 1979
Malthodes (Malthodes) marginatus Latreille, 1806
Malthodes (Malthodes) minimus Linnaeus, 1758
Malthodes (Malthodes) pumilus Brebisson, 1835
Megapenthes lugens Redtenbacher, 1842The Queen's Executioner
Melanotus (Melanotus) castanipes Paykull, 1800
Melanotus (Melanotus) hapatesus Candeze, 1880
Melanotus (Melanotus) punctolineatus Pelerin, 1829Sandwich Click Beetle
Melasis buprestoides Linnaeus, 1761
Micrelaterium triopas Westwood, 1854
Microrhagus pygmaeus Fabricius, 1792
Mimelater angulatus Giebel, 1856
Pactopus avitus E. B. Britton, 1960
Parabuprestium pseudocarabus A. Handlirsch, 1906
Parabuprestium teleas Westwood, 1854
Phosphaenus hemipterus Goeze, 1777Lesser glow worm
Photinus (Photinus) pyralis Linnaeus, 1767Big dipper firefly
Platycis minutus Fabricius, 1787
Podabrus (Podabrus) alpinus Paykull, 1798
Podabrus appendiculatus Fall, 1928
Potergites senectus E. B. Britton, 1960
Prosternon tessellatum Linnaeus, 1758Chequered Click Beetle
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) fulva Scopoli, 1763Bloodsucker beetle
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) lignosa O.F. Müller, 1764
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) lutea O.F. Müller, 1764
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) nigriventris Motschulsky, 1860
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) testacea Linnaeus, 1758
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) translucida Krynicky, 1832
Stenagostus rhombeus Olivier, 1808
Stenelytron redtenbacheri Giebel, 1856
Synaptus filiformis Fabricius, 1781Hairy Click Beetle
Telephorus haueri Giebel, 1856
Trixagus carinicollis Schaeffer, 1916
Trixagus chevrolati Bonvouloir, 1859
Trixagus dermestoides Linnaeus, 1767
Trixagus obtusus Curtis, 1827
Zorochros (Zorochros) dermestoides (Herbst, 1806)⇒ Zorochros minimus Boisduval & ..., 1835

Subnodes of Elateroidea with occurrences in South England
FamilyCantharidae
Imhoff, 1856
Cantharids, Leatherwings, Sailor beetles, Soldier beetle, Soldier beetles
8
35
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyElateridae
Leach, 1815
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles, Skipjacks, Snapping beetles, Spring beetles, Wireworm, Wireworms
38
62
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyEucnemidae
Eschscholtz, 1829
Click Beetles, false click beetle, False click beetles
5
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyLampyridae
Latreille, 1817
Fireflies, Firefly, Firefly Beetles, Glow worms, Glow-worms, Glowworms, Lighting beetles, Lightning bugs, Lightningbugs
5
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyLycidae
Laporte, 1836
Lycid beetles, Lycids, Net-Winged Beetle, Net-winged beetles
2
1
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyThroscidae
Laporte, 1840
False metallic wood-boring beetles, Throscid beetles, Throscids, Throseid beetles
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom



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