Elateridae

Classification

Genera in Elateridae

• Athous — 211 species: Athous acanthus, Athous acutangulus, Athous albanicus, Athous angulifrons, Athous angustulus, Athous apfelbecki, Athous astrabadensis, Athous aterrimus
• Ampedus — 185 species: Ampedus adlbaueri, Ampedus aethiops, Ampedus agnatus, Ampedus ainu, Ampedus amamiensis, Ampedus anthracinus, Ampedus apicalis, Ampedus apicatus
• Cardiophorus — 180 species: Cardiophorus abora, Cardiophorus acutus, Cardiophorus albofasciatus, Cardiophorus alpestris, Cardiophorus amplicollis, Cardiophorus anatolicus, Cardiophorus annulicornis, Cardiophorus anticus
• Melanotus — 115 species: Melanotus acuminatus, Melanotus admirabilis, Melanotus aemulus, Melanotus amamiensis, Melanotus americanus, Melanotus amianus, Melanotus annosus, Melanotus atayal
• Penia — 109 species: Penia abscondita, Penia afonini, Penia annapurnica, Penia apicalis, Penia arimotoi, Penia atkinsoni, Penia babai, Penia bengalensis
• Agriotes — 100 species: Agriotes acuminatus, Agriotes acutus, Agriotes aequalis, Agriotes andalusiacus, Agriotes apicalis, Agriotes arcanus, Agriotes asaokai, Agriotes avulsus
• Dima — 79 species: Dima arndti, Dima aspera, Dima assingi, Dima beckeri, Dima bhutanensis, Dima brancuccii, Dima bruhai, Dima brunnea
• Lacon — 76 species: Lacon amazonicus, Lacon ammanensis, Lacon atayal, Lacon auroratus, Lacon avitus, Lacon bipectinatus, Lacon boninensis, Lacon brachypterus
• Elater — 75 species: Elater abruptus, Elater aethiops, Elater amplicollis, Elater angulatus, Elater asmodaius, Elater asmodeus, Elater atomarius, Elater aulicus
• Agrypnus — 61 species: Agrypnus ami, Agrypnus argentosquamus, Agrypnus argillaceus, Agrypnus aristatus, Agrypnus babanus, Agrypnus baibaranus, Agrypnus bifoveatus, Agrypnus binodulus
• Cebrio — 59 species: Cebrio amori, Cebrio andalusicus, Cebrio angusticornis, Cebrio antennatus, Cebrio anthracinus, Cebrio apicalis, Cebrio benedicti, Cebrio brevicornis
• Tetralobus — 53 species: Tetralobus aethiopicus, Tetralobus angolensis, Tetralobus arbonnieri, Tetralobus auratilis, Tetralobus auricomus, Tetralobus auripilis, Tetralobus bifoveolatus, Tetralobus candezei
• Limonius — 48 species: Limonius aboriginalis, Limonius aeger, Limonius agonus, Limonius approximans, Limonius aurifer, Limonius auripilis, Limonius barovskyi, Limonius basilaris
• Glyphonyx — 47 species: Glyphonyx ami, Glyphonyx apayao, Glyphonyx arisanus, Glyphonyx atayal, Glyphonyx bicolor, Glyphonyx brunneipennis, Glyphonyx castaneus, Glyphonyx chiapasensis
• Dicronychus — 43 species: Dicronychus asperulus, Dicronychus berrai, Dicronychus brancuccii, Dicronychus bureschi, Dicronychus bushrae, Dicronychus cinereus, Dicronychus decoroides, Dicronychus desbrochersi
• Monocrepidius — 43 species: Monocrepidius aeolodermoides, Monocrepidius amplicallis, Monocrepidius apiatus, Monocrepidius athoides, Monocrepidius aversus, Monocrepidius bellus, Monocrepidius belti, Monocrepidius bicarinatus
• Zorochros — 40 species: Zorochros albipilis, Zorochros alysidotus, Zorochros angularis, Zorochros araxicola, Zorochros birganjianus, Zorochros boubersi, Zorochros caurinus, Zorochros coreanus
• Megapenthes — 37 species: Megapenthes almeidai, Megapenthes angularis, Megapenthes apacheorum, Megapenthes aterrimus, Megapenthes bicarinatus, Megapenthes caprella, Megapenthes claudei, Megapenthes confusus
• Dalopius — 35 species: Dalopius agnellus, Dalopius ainu, Dalopius asellus, Dalopius bizen, Dalopius brevicornis, Dalopius cognatus, Dalopius corvinus, Dalopius exilis
• Platiana — 35 species: Platiana aureolosa, Platiana bilyi, Platiana bolmi, Platiana brevicornis, Platiana brevisoides, Platiana cechovskyi, Platiana dolini, Platiana dubia
• Hemicrepidius — 34 species: Hemicrepidius agajewi, Hemicrepidius bilobatus, Hemicrepidius brevicollis, Hemicrepidius brooksi, Hemicrepidius carbonatus, Hemicrepidius coreanus, Hemicrepidius cruciatus, Hemicrepidius desertor
• Selatosomus — 34 species: Selatosomus aeneus, Selatosomus aeripennis, Selatosomus amplicollis, Selatosomus appropinquans, Selatosomus carbo, Selatosomus caucasicus, Selatosomus confluens, Selatosomus coreanus
• Eopenthes — 33 species: Eopenthes ambiguus, Eopenthes antennatus, Eopenthes arduus, Eopenthes auratus, Eopenthes basalis, Eopenthes caeruleus, Eopenthes celatus, Eopenthes cognatus
• Melanoxanthus — 29 species: Melanoxanthus adamsoni, Melanoxanthus bellus, Melanoxanthus caledonicus, Melanoxanthus contractus, Melanoxanthus convexus, Melanoxanthus doriae, Melanoxanthus fasciatus, Melanoxanthus gourvesi
• Heteroderes — 28 species:
• Lanelater — 27 species:
• Actenicerus — 26 species:
• Anostirus — 26 species:
• Pyrearinus — 25 species:
• Anchastus — 23 species:
• Adelocera — 22 species:
• Elathous — 21 species:
• Hapatesus — 21 species:
• Horistonotus — 21 species:
• Pyrophorus — 20 species:
• Senodonia — 20 species:
• Adrastus — 19 species:
• Aeolus — 18 species:
• Corymbitodes — 18 species:
• Ctenicera — 18 species:
• Elaterites — 18 species:
• Semiotus — 18 species:
• Pseudotetralobus — 16 species:
• Abelater — 15 species:
• Chalcolepidius — 15 species:
• Dipropus — 15 species:
• Hypnomorphus — 14 species:
• Oedostethus — 14 species:
• Parapenia — 14 species:
• Pseudanostirus — 14 species:
• Quasimus — 14 species:
• Selasia — 14 species:
• Alaus — 13 species:
• Campsosternus — 13 species:
• Drapetes — 13 species:
• Ectinus — 13 species:
• Fleutiauxellus — 13 species:
• Hypnoidus — 13 species:
• Mulsanteus — 13 species:
• Cidnopus — 12 species:
• Conoderus — 12 species:
• Denticollis — 12 species:
• Liotrichus — 12 species:
• Lissomus — 12 species:
• Paracardiophorus — 12 species:
• Procraerus — 12 species:
• Pseudocsikia — 12 species:
• Atractosomus — 11 species:
• Cardiorhinus — 11 species:
• Drasterius — 11 species:
• Hypoganus — 11 species:
• Macropunctum — 11 species:
• Negastrius — 11 species:
• Paradonus — 11 species:
• Priopus — 11 species:
• Spilus — 11 species:
• Balgus — 10 species:
• Codemus — 10 species:
• Craspedostethus — 10 species:
• Esthesopus — 10 species:
• Itodacne — 10 species:
• Limoniscus — 10 species:
• Ludioschema — 10 species:
• Peripontius — 10 species:
• Phorocardius — 10 species:
• Prosternon — 10 species:
• Brachygonus — 9 species:
• Cardiotarsus — 9 species:
• Cryptalaus — 9 species:
• Dicrepidius — 9 species:
• Eanus — 9 species:
• Haterumelater — 9 species:
• Microselasia — 9 species:
• Platycrepidius — 9 species:
• Achrestus — 8 species:
• Aeoloides — 8 species:
• Anoplischius — 8 species:
• Brancuccia — 8 species:
• Cryptocoelus — 8 species:
• Csikia — 8 species:
• Dilobitarsus — 8 species:
• Ochosternus — 8 species:
• Pectocera — 8 species:
• Sericus — 8 species:
• Acteniceromorphus — 7 species:
• Calais — 7 species:
• Candanius — 7 species:
• Gamepenthes — 7 species:
• Litholacon — 7 species:
• Lithomerus — 7 species:
• Megathous — 7 species:
• Neohypdonus — 7 species:
• Paracsikia — 7 species:
• Platynychus — 7 species:
• Podeonius — 7 species:
• Pterotarsus — 7 species:
• Scutellathous — 7 species:
• Stenagostus — 7 species:
• Calambus — 6 species:
• Ectamenogonus — 6 species:

Showing the 120 genera with the most species records held.

Source and Attribution

Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.