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Checklist for Superfamily Elateroidea Leach, 1815 (Click Beetles)
and region Wales (Great Britain, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
515
4876
13111
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
513
4870
13102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
485
4793
12943
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
330
4054
11605
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
86
1219
3304
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
79
1082
2800
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
15
106
219
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles
6
61
124
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Wales
6 Families width 124 Species
Elateridae (Leach, 1815)Click Beetle58SpeciesTaxom
Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856Cantharids46SpeciesTaxom
Lycidae Laporte, 1836Lycid beetles7SpeciesTaxom
Lampyridae Latreille, 1817Fireflies7SpeciesTaxom
Eucnemidae Eschscholtz, 1829Click Beetles3SpeciesTaxom
Throscidae Laporte, 1840False metallic wood-boring beetles3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Wales
61 Genera with 124 Species
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Actenicerus Kiesenwetter, 17641SpeciesTaxom
Adrastus Eschscholtz, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Agriotes Eschscholtz, 17586SpeciesTaxom
Agrypnus Eschscholtz, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Ampedus Dejean, 18306SpeciesTaxom
Ancistronycha Märkel, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Anostirus C.G. Thomson, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Aplotarsus Stephens, 18272SpeciesTaxom
Athous Eschscholtz, 18334SpeciesTaxom
Calambus Thomson, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Calochromus Guérin Ménev..., 18991SpeciesTaxom
Cantharis Linnaeus, 178315SpeciesTaxom
Cardiophorus Eschscholtz, 18402SpeciesTaxom
Cidnopus C.G. Thomson, 17901SpeciesTaxom
Conoderus Eschscholtz, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Crudosilis Kazantsev, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Ctenicera Latreille, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Dalopius Eschscholtz, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Denticollis Piller & Mit..., 17581SpeciesTaxom
Deromecus Solier, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Dichelotarsus Motschulsky, 18372SpeciesTaxom
Dicronychus Brullé, 19762SpeciesTaxom
Dictyoptera Latreille, 1784Roaches and Mantids1SpeciesTaxom
Drilus A. G. Olivier, 17901SpeciesTaxom
Dumbrellia Lea, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Eanus LeConte, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Elater minutus Linn..., 17581SpeciesTaxom
Ellychnia Blanchard, 1852Diurnal Fireflies1SpeciesTaxom
Epiphanis Eschscholtz, 18291SpeciesTaxom
Erotides Waterhouse, 18311SpeciesTaxom
Fleutiauxellus Mequignon, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Hemicrepidius Germar, 17841SpeciesTaxom
Heteromastix Boheman, 19214SpeciesTaxom
Hypnoidus Dillwyn, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Lampyris Geoffroy, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Lanelater Arnett, 18271SpeciesTaxom
Limoniscus Reitter, 18211SpeciesTaxom
Limonius Eschscholtz, 1758Dark Brown Click Beetle3SpeciesTaxom
Malthinus Latreille, 18524SpeciesTaxom
Malthodes Kiesenwetter, 183511SpeciesTaxom
Melanotus Schwarz, 1829Click Beetle2SpeciesTaxom
Melasis Olivier, 17611SpeciesTaxom
Microrhagus Dejean, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Negastrius C.G. Thomson, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Oedostethus LeConte, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Parabuprestium Handlirsch, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Paraphotistus Kishii, 17992SpeciesTaxom
Photinus Laporte, 1851Rover fireflies1SpeciesTaxom
Platycis C.G. Thomson, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Pleotomus LeConte, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Podabrus Westwood, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Porrostoma Guérin-Ménev..., 19092SpeciesTaxom
Prosternon Latreille, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Pyractomena LeConte, 19573SpeciesTaxom
Rhagonycha Eschscholtz, 18327SpeciesTaxom
Selatosomus Stephens, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Sericus Eschscholtz, 17591SpeciesTaxom
Stenagostus Thomson, 18081SpeciesTaxom
Synaptus Eschscholtz, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Trixagus Kugelann, 18273SpeciesTaxom
Zorochros C.G. Thomson, 18061SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Wales
124 Species
Actenicerus (Actenicerus) sjaelandicus (Müller, 1764)⇒ Athous haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1801
Adrastus pallens Fabricius, 1792
Agriotes (Agriotes) acuminatus Stephens, 1830
Agriotes (Agriotes) lineatus Linnaeus, 1767Click Beetles
Agriotes (Agriotes) obscurus Linnaeus, 1758Click beetle
Agriotes (Agriotes) pallidulus Illiger, 1807
Agriotes (Agriotes) sordidus Illiger, 1807Click beetle
Agriotes (Agriotes) sputator Linnaeus, 1758Common click beetle
Agrypnus murinus Linnaeus, 1758Mousegrey click beetle
Ampedus (Ampedus) balteatus Linnaeus, 1758
Ampedus (Ampedus) cardinalis Schiödte, 1865Cardinal Click Beetle
Ampedus (Ampedus) cinnabarinus Eschscholtz, 1829
Ampedus (Ampedus) elongatulus Fabricius, 1787
Ampedus (Ampedus) nigrinus Herbst, 1784
Ampedus (Ampedus) pomonae (Stephens, 1830)⇒ Ampedus quercicola Buysson, 1887
Ancistronycha abdominalis Fabricius, 1798Blue Soldier Beetle
Anostirus (Anostirus) castaneus Linnaeus, 1758Chestnut Click Beetle
Aplotarsus angustulus Kiesenwetter, 1858
Aplotarsus incanus Gyllenhal, 1827
Athous (Athous) haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1801Click Beetle
Athous (Athous) vittatus Fabricius, 1792
Athous (Orthathous) bicolor (Goeze, 1777)⇒ Elathous bicolor LeConte, 1853
Athous (Orthathous) campyloides Newman, 1833Curved click beetle
Calambus bipustulatus Linnaeus, 1758
Calochromus amabilis Lea, 1899
Cantharis (Cantharis) cryptica (Ashe, 1947)⇒ Cantharis cornix Abeille de P..., 1869
Cantharis (Cantharis) decipiens Baudi, 1871
Cantharis (Cantharis) figurata Mannerheim, 1843
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) paludosa Fallen, 1807
Cantharis (Cantharis) pellucida Fabricius, 1792
Cantharis (Cantharis) rufa Linnaeus, 1758Gray bushmallow
Cantharis (Cantharis) rustica Fallen, 1807Soldier beetle
Cantharis (Cyrtomoptila) lateralis Linnaeus, 1758
Cantharis coccinea Schaller, 1783
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) asellus Erichson, 1840
Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) vestigialis Erichson, 1840
Cidnopus aeruginosus Olivier, 1790
Conoderus xysticus Candeze, 1859
Crudosilis ruficollis (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Silis ruficollis Fabricius, 1775
Ctenicera cuprea Fabricius, 1781
Ctenicera pectinicornis Linnaeus, 1758
Dalopius marginatus Linnaeus, 1758
Denticollis linearis Linnaeus, 1758
Deromecus agriotes Candeze, 1878
Dichelotarsus extremus LeConte, 1881
Dichelotarsus laevicollis Kirby, 1837
Dicronychus equiseti (Herbst, 1784)⇒ Dicronychus equisetioides Lohse, 1976
Dicronychus equisetioides Lohse, 1976
Dictyoptera aurora Herbst, 1784Golden Net-wing
Drilus flavescens Olivier, 1790
Dumbrellia brevicornis Lea, 1899
Eanus (Eanus) decoratus Mannerheim, 1853
Elater (Elater) ferrugineus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Betarmon bisbimaculatus Fabricius, 1803
Ellychnia (Ellychnia) autumnalis (Melsheimer, 1852)⇒ Ellychnia corrusca Linnaeus, 1767
Epiphanis cornutus Eschscholtz, 1829
Erotides cosnardi Chevrolat, 1831Cosnard's Net-winged Beetle
Fleutiauxellus (Fleutiauxellus) maritimus Curtis, 1840
Hemicrepidius (Hemicrepidius) hirtus Herbst, 1784
Heteromastix geniculatus Lea, 1909
Heteromastix mcdonaldi Lea, 1895
Heteromastix pallipes Lea, 1909
Heteromastix serraticornis Lea, 1921
Hypnoidus riparius Fabricius, 1792
Lampyris (Lampyris) noctiluca Linnaeus, 1767Common glow-worm
Lanelater notodonta Latreille, 1827
Limoniscus violaceus P. W. J. Mül..., 1821Violet click beetle
Limonius (Limonius) aeger LeConte, 1853
Limonius (Limonius) ectypus Say, 1833
Limonius (Limonius) minutus Linnaeus, 1758
Malthinus (Malthinus) frontalis Marsham, 1802
Malthinus balteatus Suffrian, 1851
Malthinus flaveolus Herbst, 1784
Malthinus seriepunctatus Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthodes (Malthodes) crassicornis Mäklin, 1846
Malthodes (Malthodes) dispar Germar, 1824
Malthodes (Malthodes) fibulatus Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthodes (Malthodes) flavoguttatus Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthodes (Malthodes) fuscus Waltl, 1838
Malthodes (Malthodes) guttifer Allen, 1979
Malthodes (Malthodes) marginatus Latreille, 1806
Malthodes (Malthodes) maurus Laporte, 1840
Malthodes (Malthodes) minimus Linnaeus, 1758
Malthodes (Malthodes) mysticus Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthodes (Malthodes) pumilus Brebisson, 1835
Melanotus (Melanotus) castanipes Paykull, 1800
Melanotus (Melanotus) punctolineatus Pelerin, 1829Sandwich Click Beetle
Melasis buprestoides Linnaeus, 1761
Microrhagus pygmaeus Fabricius, 1792
Negastrius sabulicola Boheman, 1854
Oedostethus quadripustulatus Fabricius, 1792
Parabuprestium teleas Westwood, 1854
Paraphotistus (Paraphotistus) impressus Fabricius, 1792
Paraphotistus (Setasomus) nigricornis Panzer, 1799
Photinus (Photinus) ardens LeConte, 1851
Platycis minutus Fabricius, 1787
Pleotomus nigripennis LeConte, 1884
Podabrus (Podabrus) alpinus Paykull, 1798
Porrostoma (Porrostoma) hexastichus Lea, 1921
Porrostoma (Porrostoma) variipennis Lea, 1909
Prosternon tessellatum Linnaeus, 1758Chequered Click Beetle
Pyractomena angulata Say, 1825Angled Firefly
Pyractomena borealis Randall, 1828Northern Firefly
Pyractomena dispersa Green, 1957Long-range Firefly
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) elongata Fallen, 1807
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) fulva Scopoli, 1763Bloodsucker beetle
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
Selatosomus (Selatosomus) aeneus Linnaeus, 1758
Sericus (Sericus) brunneus Linnaeus, 1759
Stenagostus rhombeus Olivier, 1808
Synaptus filiformis Fabricius, 1781Hairy Click Beetle
Trixagus carinifrons Bonvouloir, 1859
Trixagus dermestoides Linnaeus, 1767
Trixagus obtusus Curtis, 1827
Zorochros (Zorochros) dermestoides (Herbst, 1806)⇒ Zorochros minimus Boisduval & ..., 1835

Subnodes of Elateroidea with occurrences in Wales
FamilyCantharidae
Imhoff, 1856
Cantharids, Leatherwings, Sailor beetles, Soldier beetle, Soldier beetles
9
46
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyElateridae
Leach, 1815
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles, Skipjacks, Snapping beetles, Spring beetles, Wireworm, Wireworms
37
58
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyEucnemidae
Eschscholtz, 1829
Click Beetles, false click beetle, False click beetles
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyLampyridae
Latreille, 1817
Fireflies, Firefly, Firefly Beetles, Glow worms, Glow-worms, Glowworms, Lighting beetles, Lightning bugs, Lightningbugs
5
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyLycidae
Laporte, 1836
Lycid beetles, Lycids, Net-Winged Beetle, Net-winged beetles
6
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

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

Taxom



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