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Checklist for Superfamily Elateroidea Leach, 1815 (Click Beetles)
and region Valais (Switzerland)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
201
1255
2501
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
201
1255
2501
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
190
1230
2442
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
141
1105
2248
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
55
493
962
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
52
444
805
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
7
68
167
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles
6
53
115
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Valais
6 Families width 115 Species
Elateridae Leach, 1815Click Beetle103SpeciesTaxom
Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856Cantharids4SpeciesTaxom
Eucnemidae Eschscholtz, 1829Click Beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Lampyridae Latreille, 1817Fireflies2SpeciesTaxom
Lycidae Laporte, 1836Lycid beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Throscidae Laporte, 1840False metallic wood-boring beetles3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Valais
53 Genera with 115 Species
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Actenicerus Kiesenwetter, 17641SpeciesTaxom
Adrastus Eschscholtz, 17855SpeciesTaxom
Agriotes Eschscholtz, 17837SpeciesTaxom
Agrypnus Eschscholtz, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Ampedus Dejean, 192422SpeciesTaxom
Ancistronycha Märkel, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Anostirus C.G. Thomson, 18433SpeciesTaxom
Aplotarsus Stephens, 18271SpeciesTaxom
Athous Eschscholtz, 17776SpeciesTaxom
Berninelsonius Leseigneur, 18271SpeciesTaxom
Betarmon Kiesenwetter, 18031SpeciesTaxom
Brachygonus Buysson, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Cantharis Linnaeus, 17833SpeciesTaxom
Cardiophorus Eschscholtz, 18407SpeciesTaxom
Cidnopus C.G. Thomson, 17852SpeciesTaxom
Ctenicera Latreille, 17813SpeciesTaxom
Dalopius Eschscholtz, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Danosoma C.G. Thomson, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Denticollis Piller & Mit..., 17831SpeciesTaxom
Diacanthous Reitter, 17741SpeciesTaxom
Dicronychus Brullé, 17841SpeciesTaxom
Drapetes Dejean, 17891SpeciesTaxom
Ectinus Eschscholtz, 17611SpeciesTaxom
Elater minutus Linn..., 19322SpeciesTaxom
Eucnemis Lindl., 18121SpeciesTaxom
Hemicrepidius Germar, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Hypnoidus Dillwyn, 18082SpeciesTaxom
Idolus Desbrochers, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Ischnodes Germar, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Lacon Laporte, 17792SpeciesTaxom
Lampyris Geoffroy, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Limonius Eschscholtz, 1758Dark Brown Click Beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Lucidota Laporte, 17901SpeciesTaxom
Lygistopterus Mulsant, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Malthodes Kiesenwetter, 1852
0SpeciesTaxom
Megapenthes Eschscholtz, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Melanotus Schwarz, 1829Click Beetle3SpeciesTaxom
Melasis Olivier, 17611SpeciesTaxom
Nothodes LeConte, 17991SpeciesTaxom
Paracardiophorus Schwarz, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Paraphotistus Kishii, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Pheletes Kiesenwetter, 17741SpeciesTaxom
Porthmidius Germar, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Procraerus Reitter, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Prosternon Latreille, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Quasimus des Gozis, 18171SpeciesTaxom
Reitterelater Platia & Cate, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Selatosomus Stephens, 18303SpeciesTaxom
Sericus Eschscholtz, 17591SpeciesTaxom
Stenagostus Thomson, 17742SpeciesTaxom
Synaptus Eschscholtz, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Trixagus Kugelann, 18273SpeciesTaxom
Zorochros C.G. Thomson, 18403SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Valais
115 Species
Actenicerus (Actenicerus) sjaelandicus (Müller, 1764)⇒ Athous haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1801
Adrastus axillaris Erichson, 1841
Adrastus lacertosus Erichson, 1841
Adrastus limbatus (Fabricius, 1777)⇒ Adrastus pallens Fabricius, 1792
Adrastus pallens Fabricius, 1792
Adrastus rachifer Geoffroy, 1785
Agriotes (Agriotes) gallicus Lacordaire, 1835
Agriotes (Agriotes) lineatus Linnaeus, 1767Click Beetles
Agriotes (Agriotes) litigiosus P. Rossi, 1792
Agriotes (Agriotes) obscurus Linnaeus, 1758Click beetle
Agriotes (Agriotes) pilosellus Schönherr, 1817
Agriotes (Agriotes) sputator Linnaeus, 1758Common click beetle
Agriotes (Agriotes) ustulatus Schaller, 1783
Agrypnus murinus Linnaeus, 1758Mousegrey click beetle
Ampedus (Ampedus) apicatus Say, 1834
Ampedus (Ampedus) auripes Reitter, 1895
Ampedus (Ampedus) balteatus Linnaeus, 1758
Ampedus (Ampedus) brunnicornis Germar, 1844
Ampedus (Ampedus) cinnabarinus Eschscholtz, 1829
Ampedus (Ampedus) cinnaberinus Eschscholtz, 1829
Ampedus (Ampedus) elegantulus Schönherr, 1817
Ampedus (Ampedus) elongatulus Fabricius, 1787
Ampedus (Ampedus) erythrogonus P. W. J. Mül..., 1821
Ampedus (Ampedus) melanurus Mulsant & Gu..., 1855
Ampedus (Ampedus) nigerrimus Lacordaire, 1835
Ampedus (Ampedus) nigrinus Herbst, 1784
Ampedus (Ampedus) nigroflavus Goeze, 1777
Ampedus (Ampedus) pomonae (Stephens, 1830)⇒ Ampedus quercicola Buysson, 1887
Ampedus (Ampedus) pomorum Herbst, 1784
Ampedus (Ampedus) praeustus Fabricius, 1792
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 (Ampedus) triangulum Dorn, 1924
Ancistronycha abdominalis Fabricius, 1798Blue Soldier Beetle
Anostirus (Ipostirus) gracilicollis Stierlin, 1896
Anostirus (Parastirus) purpureus Poda, 1761
Anostirus (Pseudostirus) sulphuripennis Germar, 1843
Aplotarsus incanus Gyllenhal, 1827
Athous (Athous) haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1801Click Beetle
Athous (Athous) vittatus Fabricius, 1792
Athous (Haplathous) emaciatus Candeze, 1860
Athous (Haplathous) subfuscus O. F. Müller, 1764
Athous (Haplathous) zebei Bach, 1852
Athous (Orthathous) bicolor (Goeze, 1777)⇒ Elathous bicolor LeConte, 1853
Berninelsonius hyperboreus Gyllenhal, 1827
Betarmon bisbimaculatus Fabricius, 1803
Brachygonus ruficeps Mulsant & Gu..., 1855
Cantharis (Cantharis) livida Linnaeus, 1758Gray bushmallow
Cantharis (Cyrtomoptila) pagana Rosenhauer, 1847
Cantharis coccinea Schaller, 1783
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) asellus Erichson, 1840
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) ebeninus Germar, 1824
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) gramineus Scopoli, 1763
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) nigerrimus Erichson, 1840
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) ruficollis Linnaeus, 1758
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) rufipes Goeze, 1777
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) vestigialis Erichson, 1840
Cidnopus aeruginosus Olivier, 1790
Cidnopus pilosus Leske, 1785
Ctenicera cuprea Fabricius, 1781
Ctenicera pectinicornis Linnaeus, 1758
Ctenicera virens Schrank, 1781
Dalopius marginatus Linnaeus, 1758
Danosoma conspersum Gyllenhal, 1808
Danosoma fasciatum Linnaeus, 1758
Denticollis rubens Piller & Mit..., 1783
Diacanthous undulatus De Geer, 1774
Dicronychus cinereus Herbst, 1784
Drapetes (Drapetes) mordelloides Host, 1789
Ectinus aterrimus Linnaeus, 1761
Elater (Elater) ferrugineus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Betarmon bisbimaculatus Fabricius, 1803
Elater bimaculatus (Van Dyke, 1932)⇒ Ampedus yushiroi W. Suzuki, 1985
Eucnemis capucina Ahr., 1812False click beetle
Hemicrepidius (Hemicrepidius) hirtus Herbst, 1784
Hemicrepidius (Hemicrepidius) niger (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Hemicrepidius hirtus Herbst, 1784
Hypnoidus riparius Fabricius, 1792
Hypnoidus rivularius Gyllenhal, 1808
Idolus picipennis Bach, 1854
Ischnodes sanguinicollis Panzer, 1793
Lacon lepidopterus Panzer, 1801
Lacon punctatus Herbst, 1779
Lampyris (Lampyris) noctiluca Linnaeus, 1767Common glow-worm
Limonius (Limonius) minutus Linnaeus, 1758
Lucidota atra Olivier, 1790Black Firefly
Lygistopterus sanguineus Linnaeus, 1758
Megapenthes lugens Redtenbacher, 1842The Queen's Executioner
Melanotus (Melanotus) castanipes Paykull, 1800
Melanotus (Melanotus) crassicollis Erichson, 1841
Melanotus (Melanotus) punctolineatus Pelerin, 1829Sandwich Click Beetle
Melasis buprestoides Linnaeus, 1761
Nothodes parvulus Panzer, 1799
Paracardiophorus musculus Erichson, 1840
Paraphotistus (Paraphotistus) impressus Fabricius, 1792
Pheletes aeneoniger DeGeer, 1774
Porthmidius austriacus Schrank, 1781
Procraerus (Procraerus) tibialis Lacordaire, 1835
Prosternon tessellatum Linnaeus, 1758Chequered Click Beetle
Quasimus (Quasimus) minutissimus Germar, 1817
Reitterelater dubius (Platia & Cate, 1990)⇒ Brachygonus dubius Platia & Cate, 1990
Selatosomus (Pristilophus) melancholicus Fabricius, 1798
Selatosomus (Selatosomus) aeneus Linnaeus, 1758
Selatosomus (Selatosomus) confluens Gebler, 1830
Sericus (Sericus) brunneus Linnaeus, 1759
Stenagostus rhombeus Olivier, 1808
Stenagostus rufus DeGeer, 1774
Synaptus filiformis Fabricius, 1781Hairy Click Beetle
Trixagus dermestoides Linnaeus, 1767
Trixagus leseigneuri Muona, 2002
Trixagus obtusus Curtis, 1827
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 Valais
FamilyCantharidae
Imhoff, 1856
Cantharids, Leatherwings, Sailor beetles, Soldier beetle, Soldier beetles
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyElateridae
Leach, 1815
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles, Skipjacks, Snapping beetles, Spring beetles, Wireworm, Wireworms
44
103
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyEucnemidae
Eschscholtz, 1829
Click Beetles, false click beetle, False click beetles
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyLampyridae
Latreille, 1817
Fireflies, Firefly, Firefly Beetles, Glow worms, Glow-worms, Glowworms, Lighting beetles, Lightning bugs, Lightningbugs
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

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

Taxom

FamilyThroscidae
Laporte, 1840
False metallic wood-boring beetles, Throscid beetles, Throscids, Throseid beetles
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom



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