Checklist for Superfamily Elateroidea Leach, 1815 (Click Beetles)
and region Trinidad (Trinidad and Tobago)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 351
2766
4827 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 350
2765
4825 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 336
2706
4722 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 217
2329
4193 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 57
522
781 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 54
493
745 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
| 15
49
73 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles | 7
28
34 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Trinidad
7 Families width 34 Species and 1 Subspecies
Genera for Trinidad
28 Genera with 34 Species #ACDEHILMOPST
| Agrypnella Champion, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Agrypnus Eschscholtz, 1829 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Aspisoma Laporte, 1767 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Calopteron Castelnau, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chalcolepidius Eschscholtz, 1787 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | Chalcolepidus Woodworth, 1913 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Chalcolepis Candeze, 2000 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Conoderus Eschscholtz, 1829 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Drapetes Dejean, 1975 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eurymastinocerus Wittmer, 1976 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hemicrepidius Germar, 1806 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Howdenia Wittmer, 1976 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ignelater Costa, 1840 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lygelater Costa, 1787 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Malthinus Latreille, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oxymastinocerus Wittmer, 1976 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parabuprestium Handlirsch, 1854 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paraphotina Giglio-Tos, 1871 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phengodes Illiger, 1988 | Glowworm | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Phytocerum Costa & al., 1983 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Plateros Bourgeois, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudophengodes Pic, 1976 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ptorthodiellus Wittmer, 1976 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ptorthodius Gorham, 1929 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrophorus Illiger, 1840 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Silis Charpentier, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stenophrixothrix Wittmer, 1976 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Temnillus Bonvouloir, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Trinidad
34 Species and 1 Subspecies | Agrypnella squamifer Candeze, 1865 | | | Aspisoma ignitum Linnaeus, 1767 | Dixon's Striped Firefly | | Calopteron reticulatum Fabricius, 1775 | Banded Net-wing | | Chalcolepidius cyaneus Candeze, 1881 | | | Chalcolepidius limbatus Eschscholtz, 1829 | | | Chalcolepidius obscurus Laporte, 1836 | | | Chalcolepidius porcatus Linnaeus, 1767 | | | Chalcolepidius virens Fabricius, 1787 | | | Chalcolepis similis Casari, 2000 | | | Drapetes (Drapetes) trinidensis Cobos, 1975 | | | Eurymastinocerus arawakensis Wittmer, 1976 | | | Hemicrepidius (Hemicrepidius) memnonius Herbst, 1806 | | | Howdenia punctata Wittmer, 1976 | | | Ignelater havaniensis Laporte, 1840 | | | Lygelater ignitus Fabricius, 1787 | | | Malthinus venezuelensis | | | Oxymastinocerus rufotestaceus Wittmer, 1976 | | | Parabuprestium teleas ♰ Westwood, 1854 | | | Paraphotina reticulata Saussure, 1871 | | | Phengodes (Phengodella) insulcata Pic, 1925 | | | Phengodes (Phengodella) venezolana Wittmer, 1988 | | | Phytocerum burakowskii Costa & al., 2003 | Blueberry leaf beetle | | Phytocerum simonkai Costa & al., 2003 | Blueberry leaf beetle | | Phytocerum trinidadense Golbach, 1983 | | | Plateros popularis Kleine, 1926 | | | Pseudophengodes fernandezi Wittmer, 1976 | | | Ptorthodiellus trinidadicus Wittmer, 1976 | | | Ptorthodius atricornis Pic, 1929 | | | Pyrophorus mellifluus Costa, 1972 | | | Pyrophorus phosphorescens Laporte, 1840 | | | Silis arnetti | | | Stenophrixothrix minor Wittmer, 1976 | | | Stenophrixothrix pallens pallens brasiliensis..., 1976 | | | Temnillus aspericollis | |
Subnodes of Elateroidea with occurrences in Trinidad | Family | Cantharidae
Imhoff, 1856
Cantharids, Leatherwings, Sailor beetles, Soldier beetle, Soldier beetles | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Cerophytidae ♰
Latreille, 1834
Cerophytid beetles, Rare click beetles | 1
3 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Elateridae
Leach, 1815
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles, Skipjacks, Snapping beetles, Spring beetles, Wireworm, Wireworms | 12
14 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Eucnemidae
Eschscholtz, 1829
Click Beetles, false click beetle, False click beetles | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lampyridae
Latreille, 1817
Fireflies, Firefly, Firefly Beetles, Glow worms, Glow-worms, Glowworms, Lighting beetles, Lightning bugs, Lightningbugs | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lycidae
Laporte, 1836
Lycid beetles, Lycids, Net-Winged Beetle, Net-winged beetles | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Phengodidae
LeConte, 1861
Glow-worms, Glowworm beetles, Glowworms, Long-lipped beetles | 8
10 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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