Checklist for Superfamily Elateroidea Leach, 1815 (Click Beetles)
and region Virgin Islands (Leeward Islands)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 242
1409
2042 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 242
1409
2042 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 234
1381
1993 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 158
1109
1625 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 41
252
363 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 38
234
339 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
| 7
18
27 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles | 4
13
21 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Virgin Islands
4 Families width 21 Species
Genera for Virgin Islands
13 Genera with 21 Species | Adelocera Latreille, 1891 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ampedus Dejean, 1830 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Caccodes Sharp, 1986 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chalcolepidius Eschscholtz, 1777 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Conoderus Eschscholtz, 1875 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hypnoidus Dillwyn, 1792 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ignelater Costa, 1758 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lacon Laporte, 1857 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Portofarsus | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrophorus Illiger, 1807 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Robopus Motschoulsky, 1853 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Tylocerus Dalman, 1975 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tytthonyx LeConte, 1992 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Virgin Islands
21 Species | Adelocera subcostatus Candeze, 1891 | | | Ampedus (Ampedus) brunnicornis Germar, 1844 | | | Ampedus (Ampedus) pomonae (Stephens, 1830) | ⇒ Ampedus quercicola Buysson, 1887 | | Caccodes iviei Wittmer, 1986 | | | Chalcolepidius cyaneus Candeze, 1881 | | | Chalcolepidius limbatus Eschscholtz, 1829 | | | Chalcolepidius porcatus Linnaeus, 1767 | | | Chalcolepidius sulcatus Fabricius, 1777 | | | Conoderus bifoveatus Palisot de B..., 1807 | Click beetle | | Conoderus varians Steinheil, 1875 | | | Hypnoidus riparius Fabricius, 1792 | | | Ignelater luminosus (Illiger, 1807) | ⇒ Pyrophorus luminosus Illiger, 1807 | | Ignelater phosphoreus Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Lacon graecus Candeze, 1857 | | | Lacon misticus Mignot, 1969 | | | Lacon subcostatus (Candeze, 1857) | ⇒ Adelocera subcostatus Candeze, 1891 | | Portofarsus caribicus | | | Pyrophorus luminosus Illiger, 1807 | Cucubano | | Tylocerus howdeni Wittmer, 1975 | | | Tytthonyx (Tytthonyx) guanaensis Wittmer, 1992 | | | Tytthonyx (Tytthonyx) virginensis Wittmer, 1992 | |
Subnodes of Elateroidea with occurrences in Virgin Islands | Family | Cantharidae
Imhoff, 1856
Cantharids, Leatherwings, Sailor beetles, Soldier beetle, Soldier beetles | 3
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Elateridae
Leach, 1815
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles, Skipjacks, Snapping beetles, Spring beetles, Wireworm, Wireworms | 8
16 | 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 | 1
0 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
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