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Checklist for Superfamily Elateroidea Leach, 1815 (Click Beetles)
and region South Germany (West Germany, Germany)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
575
4785
11639
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
572
4781
11635
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
518
4649
11330
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
334
3863
9841
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
96
1269
3122
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
85
1104
2626
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
15
122
303
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles
6
79
183
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for South Germany
6 Families width 183 Species
Elateridae Leach, 1815Click Beetle108SpeciesTaxom
Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856Cantharids52SpeciesTaxom
Throscidae Laporte, 1840False metallic wood-boring beetles3SpeciesTaxom
Lycidae Laporte, 1836Lycid beetles9SpeciesTaxom
Lampyridae Latreille, 1817Fireflies5SpeciesTaxom
Eucnemidae Eschscholtz, 1829Click Beetles6SpeciesTaxom


Genera for South Germany
79 Genera with 183 Species
#ABCDEGHILMNOPRSTZ
Actenicerus Kiesenwetter, 17641SpeciesTaxom
Adelocera Latreille, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Adrastus Eschscholtz, 17856SpeciesTaxom
Agriotes Eschscholtz, 17839SpeciesTaxom
Agrypnus Eschscholtz, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Alaus Eschscholtz, 1865Eyed Click Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Ampedus Dejean, 184716SpeciesTaxom
Ancistronycha Märkel, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Anostirus C.G. Thomson, 17611SpeciesTaxom
Aplotarsus Stephens, 18272SpeciesTaxom
Athous Eschscholtz, 17777SpeciesTaxom
Aulonothroscus Horn, 18592SpeciesTaxom
Benibotarus Kono, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Calambus Thomson, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Cantharis Linnaeus, 186520SpeciesTaxom
Cardiophorus Eschscholtz, 18475SpeciesTaxom
Cautires Waterhouse, 01SpeciesTaxom
Cidnopus C.G. Thomson, 03SpeciesTaxom
Conoderus Eschscholtz, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Corymbitodes Buysson, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Cratosilis Motschulsky, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Crudosilis Kazantsev, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Ctenicera Latreille, 17813SpeciesTaxom
Dalopius Eschscholtz, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Denticollis Piller & Mit..., 17832SpeciesTaxom
Deromecus Solier, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Diacanthus Reitter, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Dicronychus Brullé, 17841SpeciesTaxom
Dictyoptera Latreille, 1784Roaches and Mantids1SpeciesTaxom
Drapetes Dejean, 17891SpeciesTaxom
Drilus A. G. Olivier, 17902SpeciesTaxom
Ectinus Eschscholtz, 17611SpeciesTaxom
Elater minutus Linn..., 18693SpeciesTaxom
Elaterites Tillyard, 18884SpeciesTaxom
Ellychnia Blanchard, 1845
Diurnal Fireflies0SpeciesTaxom
Erotides Waterhouse, 18311SpeciesTaxom
Eucnemis Lindl., 18121SpeciesTaxom
Eurysphinctus Bode, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Griphoconion Bode, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Hemicrepidius Germar, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Hylis Gozis, 18742SpeciesTaxom
Hypnoidus Dillwyn, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Hypoganus Kiesenwetter, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Idolus Desbrochers, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Ischnodes Germar, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Lacon Laporte, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Lamprohiza Motschulsky, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Lampyris Geoffroy, 18652SpeciesTaxom
Limonius Eschscholtz, 1847Dark Brown Click Beetle2SpeciesTaxom
Lopheros LeConte, 18171SpeciesTaxom
Luciola Laporte, 1767Japanese fireflies1SpeciesTaxom
Malthinus Latreille, 18523SpeciesTaxom
Malthodes Kiesenwetter, 18528SpeciesTaxom
Melanotus Schwarz, 1829Click Beetle4SpeciesTaxom
Melasis Olivier, 17611SpeciesTaxom
Metacantharis Bourgeois, 18122SpeciesTaxom
Microrhagus Dejean, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Nothodes LeConte, 17991SpeciesTaxom
Oedostethus LeConte, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Omalisus Geoffroy, 17852SpeciesTaxom
Paraphotistus Kishii, 17991SpeciesTaxom
Pheletes Kiesenwetter, 17902SpeciesTaxom
Phosphaenus Laporte, 17771SpeciesTaxom
Platycis C.G. Thomson, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Podabrus Westwood, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Podistra Motschulsky, 18451SpeciesTaxom
Procraerus Reitter, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Prosternon Latreille, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Pyrearinus Costa, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Pyropterus Mulsant, 17741SpeciesTaxom
Rhagonycha Eschscholtz, 184710SpeciesTaxom
Selatosomus Stephens, 18013SpeciesTaxom
Sericus Eschscholtz, 17591SpeciesTaxom
Stenagostus Thomson, 18081SpeciesTaxom
Sylvanelater Johnson, 18061SpeciesTaxom
Synaptus Eschscholtz, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Telephorus Schaeffer, 18474SpeciesTaxom
Trixagus Kugelann, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Zorochros C.G. Thomson, 18403SpeciesTaxom


Species list for South Germany
183 Species
Actenicerus (Actenicerus) sjaelandicus (Müller, 1764)⇒ Athous haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1801
Adelocera granulata O. Heer, 1847
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) gallicus Lacordaire, 1835
Agriotes (Agriotes) lineatus Linnaeus, 1767Click Beetles
Agriotes (Agriotes) obscurus Linnaeus, 1758Click beetle
Agriotes (Agriotes) pallidulus Illiger, 1807
Agriotes (Agriotes) pilosellus Schönherr, 1817
Agriotes (Agriotes) sparsus LeConte, 1884Western wireworm
Agriotes (Agriotes) sputator Linnaeus, 1758Common click beetle
Agriotes (Agriotes) ustulatus Schaller, 1783
Agrypnus murinus Linnaeus, 1758Mousegrey click beetle
Alaus spectabilis O. Heer, 1865
Ampedus (Ampedus) balteatus Linnaeus, 1758
Ampedus (Ampedus) brunnicornis Germar, 1844
Ampedus (Ampedus) elongatulus Fabricius, 1787
Ampedus (Ampedus) erythrogonus P. W. J. Mül..., 1821
Ampedus (Ampedus) nigerrimus Lacordaire, 1835
Ampedus (Ampedus) nigrinus Herbst, 1784
Ampedus (Ampedus) nigroflavus Goeze, 1777
Ampedus (Ampedus) nigrotinctus Gistel, 1857
Ampedus (Ampedus) pomonae (Stephens, 1830)⇒ Ampedus quercicola Buysson, 1887
Ampedus (Ampedus) pomorum Herbst, 1784
Ampedus (Ampedus) quercicola Buysson, 1887
Ampedus (Ampedus) sanguineus Linnaeus, 1758Cardinal click beetle
Ampedus (Ampedus) sanguinolentus Schrank, 1776
Ampedus (Ampedus) scrofa Germar, 1844
Ampedus (Ampedus) sinuatus Germar, 1844
Ampedus seyfriedii O. Heer, 1847
Ancistronycha abdominalis Fabricius, 1798Blue Soldier Beetle
Anostirus (Parastirus) purpureus Poda, 1761
Aplotarsus angustulus Kiesenwetter, 1858
Aplotarsus incanus Gyllenhal, 1827
Athous (Athous) alnicola Gistel, 1857
Athous (Athous) dimidiatus Gistel, 1857
Athous (Athous) haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1801Click Beetle
Athous (Athous) vittatus Fabricius, 1792
Athous (Haplathous) subfuscus O. F. Müller, 1764
Athous (Haplathous) zebei Bach, 1852
Athous (Orthathous) bicolor (Goeze, 1777)⇒ Elathous bicolor LeConte, 1853
Aulonothroscus (Aulonothroscus) distans Blanchard, 1917
Aulonothroscus brevicollis Bonvouloir, 1859
Benibotarus (Sibetarus) taygetanus Pic, 1905
Calambus bipustulatus Linnaeus, 1758
Cantharis (Cantharis) decipiens Baudi, 1871
Cantharis (Cantharis) figurata Mannerheim, 1843
Cantharis (Cantharis) flavilabris (Fallen, 1807)⇒ Psalydolytta flavilabris Mäklin, 1875
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) obscura Linnaeus, 1758
Cantharis (Cantharis) pallida (Goeze, 1777)⇒ Rhagonycha lignosa O.F. Müller, 1764
Cantharis (Cantharis) pellucida Fabricius, 1792
Cantharis (Cantharis) quadripunctata O.F. Mueller, 1776
Cantharis (Cantharis) rufa Linnaeus, 1758Gray bushmallow
Cantharis (Cantharis) rustica Fallen, 1807Soldier beetle
Cantharis (Cantharis) terminata Faldermann, 1835
Cantharis (Cantharis) tristis Fabricius, 1798
Cantharis (Cyrtomoptila) lateralis Linnaeus, 1758
Cantharis (Cyrtomoptila) pagana Rosenhauer, 1847
Cantharis coccinea Schaller, 1783
Cantharis fragilis Heer, 1847
Cantharis macilenta Heer, 1865
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) ebeninus Germar, 1824
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) gramineus Scopoli, 1763
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) ruficollis Linnaeus, 1758
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) vestigialis Erichson, 1840
Cardiophorus braunii Heer, 1847
Cautires blaps
Cidnopus aeruginosus Olivier, 1790
Cidnopus pilosus Leske, 1785
Cidnopus quercus
Conoderus xysticus Candeze, 1859
Corymbitodes pygmaeus Van Dyke, 1932
Cratosilis denticollis Schummel, 1844
Crudosilis ruficollis (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Silis ruficollis Fabricius, 1775
Ctenicera cuprea Fabricius, 1781
Ctenicera pectinicornis Linnaeus, 1758
Ctenicera virens Schrank, 1781
Dalopius marginatus Linnaeus, 1758
Denticollis linearis Linnaeus, 1758
Denticollis rubens Piller & Mit..., 1783
Deromecus agriotes Candeze, 1878
Diacanthus sutor Heer, 1847
Dicronychus cinereus Herbst, 1784
Dictyoptera aurora Herbst, 1784Golden Net-wing
Drapetes (Drapetes) mordelloides Host, 1789
Drilus concolor Ahrens, 1812
Drilus flavescens Olivier, 1790
Ectinus aterrimus Linnaeus, 1761
Elater costeri Weyenbergh, 1869
Elater grossus Weyenbergh, 1869
Elater teyleri Weyenbergh, 1869
Elaterites lavateri Heer, 1847
Elaterites obsoletus Heer, 1847
Elaterites priscus Oppenheim, 1888
Elaterites robustus Oppenheim, 1888
Erotides cosnardi Chevrolat, 1831Cosnard's Net-winged Beetle
Eucnemis capucina Ahr., 1812False click beetle
Eurysphinctus latesulcatus A. Bode, 1953
Griphoconion tenuistriatum A. Bode, 1953
Hemicrepidius (Hemicrepidius) hirtus Herbst, 1784
Hemicrepidius (Hemicrepidius) niger (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Hemicrepidius hirtus Herbst, 1784
Hylis cariniceps Rtt., 1902
Hylis foveicollis Thomson, 1874
Hypnoidus riparius Fabricius, 1792
Hypoganus inunctus Lacordaire, 1835
Idolus picipennis Bach, 1854
Ischnodes gracilis Heer, 1847
Lacon primordialis Heer, 1847
Lamprohiza splendidula (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Phausis splendidula Linnaeus, 1767
Lampyris (Lampyris) noctiluca Linnaeus, 1767Common glow-worm
Lampyris orciluca Heer, 1865
Limonius (Limonius) minutus Linnaeus, 1758
Limonius optabilis O. Heer, 1847
Lopheros rubens Gyllenhal, 1817
Luciola (Luciola) italica Linnaeus, 1767
Malthinus balteatus Suffrian, 1851
Malthinus biguttatus Linnaeus, 1758
Malthinus glabellus Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthodes (Malthodes) crassicornis Mäklin, 1846
Malthodes (Malthodes) fuscus Waltl, 1838
Malthodes (Malthodes) guttifer Allen, 1979
Malthodes (Malthodes) marginatus Latreille, 1806
Malthodes (Malthodes) maurus Laporte, 1840
Malthodes (Malthodes) mysticus Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthodes (Malthodes) pumilus Brebisson, 1835
Malthodes (Malthodes) spathifer Kiesenwetter, 1852
Melanotus (Melanotus) brunnipes Germar, 1824
Melanotus (Melanotus) castanipes Paykull, 1800
Melanotus (Melanotus) crassicollis Erichson, 1841
Melanotus (Melanotus) punctolineatus Pelerin, 1829Sandwich Click Beetle
Melasis buprestoides Linnaeus, 1761
Metacantharis clypeata Illiger, 1798
Metacantharis discoidea Ahrens, 1812
Microrhagus lepidus Rosenhauer, 1847
Nothodes parvulus Panzer, 1799
Oedostethus tenuicornis Germar, 1824
Omalisus (Omalisus) fontisbellaquaei Geoffroy, 1785
Omalisus fontisbellaquei Geoffroy, 1785
Paraphotistus (Setasomus) nigricornis Panzer, 1799
Pheletes aeneoniger DeGeer, 1774
Pheletes quercus A. G. Olivier, 1790
Phosphaenus hemipterus Goeze, 1777Lesser glow worm
Platycis minutus Fabricius, 1787
Podabrus (Podabrus) alpinus Paykull, 1798
Podistra (Absidia) rufotestacea Letzner, 1845
Procraerus (Procraerus) tibialis Lacordaire, 1835
Prosternon tessellatum Linnaeus, 1758Chequered Click Beetle
Pyrearinus lampyris Candeze, 1863
Pyropterus nigroruber DeGeer, 1774
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) atra (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Rhagonycha elongata Fallen, 1807
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) fulva Scopoli, 1763Bloodsucker beetle
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) gallica Pic, 1923
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
Rhagonycha germari Heer, 1847
Rhagonycha tertiaria Heer, 1847
Selatosomus (Pristilophus) cruciatus Linnaeus, 1758
Selatosomus (Selatosomus) aeneus Linnaeus, 1758
Selatosomus (Selatosomus) latus Fabricius, 1801
Sericus (Sericus) brunneus Linnaeus, 1759
Stenagostus rhombeus Olivier, 1808
Sylvanelater cylindriformis Herbst, 1806
Synaptus filiformis Fabricius, 1781Hairy Click Beetle
Telephorus fragilis Heer, 1847
Telephorus germari Heer, 1847
Telephorus macilentus O. Heer, 1865
Telephorus tertiarius O. Heer, 1847
Trixagus dermestoides Linnaeus, 1767
Zorochros (Zorochros) dermestoides (Herbst, 1806)⇒ Zorochros minimus Boisduval & ..., 1835
Zorochros (Zorochros) dufouri Buysson, 1900
Zorochros (Zorochros) meridionalis Laporte, 1840

Subnodes of Elateroidea with occurrences in South Germany
FamilyCantharidae
Imhoff, 1856
Cantharids, Leatherwings, Sailor beetles, Soldier beetle, Soldier beetles
11
52
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyElateridae
Leach, 1815
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles, Skipjacks, Snapping beetles, Spring beetles, Wireworm, Wireworms
48
108
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyEucnemidae
Eschscholtz, 1829
Click Beetles, false click beetle, False click beetles
5
6
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
8
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyThroscidae
Laporte, 1840
False metallic wood-boring beetles, Throscid beetles, Throscids, Throseid beetles
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom



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