Elateridae

Athous haemorrhoidalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elateroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Elateriformia Superfamilia: Elateroidea

Familia: Elateridae
Subfamiliae (20 + 1†): Agrypninae – Campyloxeninae – Cardiophorinae – Cebrioninae – Dendrometrinae – Elaterinae – Eudicronychinae – Hemiopinae – Lissominae – Morostominae – Negastriinae – Oestodinae – Omalisinae – Oxynopterinae
[as tribe Oxynopterini under Dendrometrinae s.l. by Kundrata et al., 2019: 85] – Parablacinae – Physodactylinae – Pityobiinae – Plastocerinae – †Protagrypninae – Semiotinae
[as tribe Semiotini under Dendromentrinae s.l. by Kundrata et al., 2019: 85] – Sinopyrophorinae – Subprotelaterinae – Tetralobinae – Thylacosterninae

Source(s) of checklist:
Checklist based less uncritically on Bouchard et al., 2011; Kundrata et al., 2019; Omalisinae added by Kusy et al., 2018

Elateridae incertae sedis: †Adocetus – †Artinama – †Bilineariselater – †Cretoelaterium – †Cryptocoelus – †Curtelater – †Elateridium – †Elaterites – †Elaterium – †Gripecolous – †Ludiophanes – †Mercata – †Ovivagina – †Protocardiophorus – †Pseudocardiophorites – †Silicernius – †Sinoelaterium – †Tetraraphes – †Turonelater

Overview of genera

Campylomorphus – Dacnitus – Neoabiphis – Neolycoreus – Paulusiella – Plectrosternus – Limoniscus – ... Sinopyrophorus

Name

Elateridae Leach, 1815

Synonyms

• Cebrionidae Latreille, 1802 (precedence of Elateridae over Cebrionidae maintained under ICZN Article 35.5)
• Plastoceridae Crowson, 1972: 37.

References

Primary references

• Leach, W.E. 1815. Entomology [pp. 57–172]. In: Brewster, D. (Ed). Brewster’s Edinburgh Encyclopedia. Volume IX [part I]. W. Blackwood, J. Waugh, etc., Edinburgh, 764 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bi, W-X., He, J-W., Chen, C-C., Kundrata, R. & Li, X-Y. 2019. Sinopyrophorinae, a new subfamily of Elateridae (Coleoptera, Elateroidea) with the first record of a luminous click beetle in Asia and evidence for multiple origins of bioluminescence in Elateridae. ZooKeys 864: 79–97. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.864.26689. Reference page. 
• Bocak, L., Motyka, M., Bocek, M. & Bocakova, M. 2018. Incomplete sclerotization and phylogeny: The phylogenetic classification of Plastocerus (Coleoptera: Elateroidea). PLoS One 13(3): e0194026. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194026 . Reference page. 
• Bouchard, P., Bousquet, Y., Davies, A.E., Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A., Lawrence, J.F., Lyal, C.H.C., Newton, A.F., Reid, C.A.M., Schmitt, M., Ślipiński, S.A. & Smith, A.B.T. 2011. Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys 88: 1–972. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 . PMC: 3088472 . Reference page. 
• Calder, A.A. 1996. Click beetles: genera of the Australian Elateridae (Coleoptera). Monographs on invertebrate taxonomy 2. ISBN 0-643-05671-8, ISBN 978-0-643-05671-8
• Costa, C., Lawrence, J.F. & Policena Rosa, S. 2010. 4.7. Elateridae Leach, 1815. Pp. 75–103 in: Leschen, R.A.B., Beutel, R.G. & Lawrence, J.F. (volume eds.) Coleoptera, beetles. Volume 2: Morphology and systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim). In: Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of zoology. A natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3-11-019075-3, ISBN 978-3-11-019075-5
• Crowson, R.A. 1972. A review of the classification of Cantharoidea (Coleoptera), with the definition of two new families, Cneoglossidae and Omethidae. Revista de la Universidad de Madrid. Estudios de Entomología 21(82): 35–77. Reference page.
• Douglas, H. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships of Elateridae inferred from adult morphology, with special reference to the position of Cardiophorinae. Zootaxa 2900: 1–45. Preview (PDF)
• Douglas, H.B., Etzler, F.E., Johnson, P.J. & Hammond, H.E.J. 2024. Matrix-based key to the click beetle genera of Canada and USA with a summary of habitat use (Coleoptera, Elateridae). ZooKeys 1200: 75–144. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1200.119315 Reference page. 
• Kundrata, R. & Bocak, L. 2011. The phylogeny and limits of Elateridae (Insecta, Coleoptera): is there a common tendency of click beetles to soft-bodiedness and neoteny? Zoologica Scripta 40(4): 364–378. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2011.00476.x (via Wikipedia Library ). Reference page. 
• Kundrata, R., Kubaczkova, M., Prosvirov, A.S., Douglas, H.B., Fojtikova, A., Costa, C., Bousquet, Y., Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A. & Bouchard, P. 2019. World catalogue of the genus-group names in Elateridae (Insecta, Coleoptera). Part I: Agrypninae, Campyloxeninae, Hemiopinae, Lissominae, Oestodinae, Parablacinae, Physodactylinae, Pityobiinae, Subprotelaterinae, Tetralobinae. ZooKeys 839: 83–154. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.839.33279 . Reference page. 
• Kundrata, R., Packova, G. & Hoffmannova, J. 2020. Fossil Genera in Elateridae (Insecta, Coleoptera): A Triassic Origin and Jurassic Diversification. Insects 11(6): 394. DOI: 10.3390/insects11060394 . Reference page. 
• Kusy, D., Motyka, M., Bocek, M., Vogler, A.P. & Bocak, L. 2018. Genome sequences identify three families of Coleoptera as morphologically derived click beetles (Elateridae). Scientific Reports 8(17084): 1–9. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-35328-0 . Reference page.
• Lawrence, J.F., Beutel, R.G., Leschen, R.A.B. & Ślipiński, A. 2010. 1. Changes in classification and list of families and subfamilies. Pp. 1–7 in: Leschen, R.A.B., Beutel, R.G. & Lawrence, J.F. (volume eds.) Coleoptera, beetles. Volume 2: Morphology and systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim). In: Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of zoology. A natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3-11-019075-3, ISBN 978-3-11-019075-5
• Neboiss, A. 1956. A check list of Australian Elateridae (Coleoptera). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria (22)(2).
• Hyslop, J.A. 1921. Genotypes of the elaterid beetles of the world. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 58: 621–673. Internet Archive. BHL. BUGZ.
• Ivie, M.A. & Barclay, M.V.L. 2011. The familial placement and specific membership of Escalerina Bolívar y Pieltain and Paulusiella Löbl (Coleoptera: Elateridae, Dascillidae, Drilidae), with new synonymies. Coleopterists bulletin 65(2): 167–172. DOI: 10.1649/072.065.0216
• Johnson, P.J. 2002. in American Beetles, CRC Press.
• Kubaczkova, M. & Kundrata, R. 2017. Annotated catalogue of the click-beetle subfamily Tetralobinae (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Zootaxa 4323(2): 151–184. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4323.2.1. Reference page. 
• I.Löbl & A.Smetana (eds). 2007. Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4: Elateroidea, Derodontoidea, Bostrichoidea, Lymexyloidea, Cleroidea and Cucujoidea p. 89. [PDF. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark. ISBN 87-88757-67-6, ISBN 978-87-88757-67-5
• Németh, T. & Platia, G. 2014. On some Palaearctic click beetles deposited in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, 2 (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Zootaxa 3841(4): 451–490. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3841.4.1 Reference page. 
• Platia, G. & Ghahari, H. 2016. An annotated checklist of click-beetles (Coleoptera, Elateridae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4137(2): 239–275. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4137.2.6. Reference page. 
• Stibick, J.N.L. 1979. Classification of the Elateridae (Coleoptera). Relationships and classification of the subfamilies and tribes. Pacific Insects 20(2–3): 145–186. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Australian Faunal Directory
• Cebrionidae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
• Elateridae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
• Classification of Costa Rican Elateridae
• Atlas of click beetles (Elateridae) of Russia
• ELATERIDAE Click beetles of Palearctic Region (c) V. Dušánek & J. Mertlik
• Taxonomical list of the genera of click beetles (Elateridae) of Russia and adjacent countries
• Josef Mertlik Taxonomical list of the genera of click beetles (Elateridae) of Russia and adjacent countries

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: kniptorre
беларуская: Шчаўкуны
čeština: Kovaříkovití
dansk: Smældere
Deutsch: Schnellkäfer
English: Click Beetle
suomi: Sepät
Nordfriisk: Knekern
français: Taupin
日本語: コメツキムシ科
lietuvių: Sprakšiai
македонски: Скочибуби
Nederlands: Kniptorren
norsk: Smellere
polski: Sprężykowate
русский: Щелкуны
中文: 叩頭蟲科

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