Checklist for Superfamily Elateroidea Leach, 1815 (Click Beetles)
and region Tamil Nadu (South India, India)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 287
2180
4314 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 286
2178
4312 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 271
2122
4231 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 172
1642
3307 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 48
561
1285 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 44
510
1183 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
| 8
33
37 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles | 3
14
23 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Tamil Nadu
3 Families width 23 Species
Genera for Tamil Nadu
14 Genera with 23 Species | Campsosternus Latreille, 1993 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cantharis Linnaeus, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Compresselater Platia & Gud..., 2006 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dicronychus Brullé, 1931 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Elater minutus Linn..., 1997 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Melaneros Fairmaire, 1999 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Mesolycus Gorham, 1993 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Podosilis Wittmer, 1997 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Priopus Laporte, 1995 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Procraerus Reitter, 2003 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Quasimus des Gozis, 2001 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Silesis Candeze, 2000 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Xanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1998 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zorochros C.G. Thomson, 1998 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Tamil Nadu
23 Species | Campsosternus ornatus Bouwer, 1993 | | | Cantharis (Cantharis) livida Linnaeus, 1758 | Gray bushmallow | | Compresselater bicolor Platia & Gud..., 2006 | | | Dicronychus separatus Fleutiaux, 1931 | | | Elater (Elater) karikalensis Schimmel, 1997 | | | Elater (Elater) uhligi Schimmel, 1997 | | | Melaneros pacholatkoi Bocáková, 1999 | | | Melaneros parvus Bocáková, 1999 | | | Mesolycus indianus Kazantsev, 1993 | | | Podosilis madrasica Wittmer, 1997 | | | Priopus riesei Platia & Sch..., 1995 | | | Procraerus (Procraerus) angustus Schimmel, 2003 | | | Quasimus (Miquasus) convexicollis Dolin, 2001 | | | Quasimus (Miquasus) pacholatkoi Dolin, 2001 | | | Quasimus (Quasimus) indicus Dolin, 2001 | | | Silesis butleri Platia & Sch..., 2000 | | | Silesis campbelli Platia & Sch..., 2000 | | | Silesis lorenzi Platia & Sch..., 2000 | | | Silesis quadrimaculatus Platia & Sch..., 1991 | | | Silesis tamilensis Platia & Sch..., 2000 | | | Xanthopenthes bartolozzii Schimmel, 1998 | | | Zorochros (Zorochros) ecarinatus Dolin, 1999 | | | Zorochros (Zorochros) mussardi Dolin & Cate, 1998 | |
Subnodes of Elateroidea with occurrences in Tamil Nadu | Family | Cantharidae
Imhoff, 1856
Cantharids, Leatherwings, Sailor beetles, Soldier beetle, Soldier beetles | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Elateridae
Leach, 1815
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles, Skipjacks, Snapping beetles, Spring beetles, Wireworm, Wireworms | 10
18 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lycidae
Laporte, 1836
Lycid beetles, Lycids, Net-Winged Beetle, Net-winged beetles | 2
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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