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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Click, Firefly and Soldier Beetles (Elateroidea)

Superfamily Elateroidea - Click, Firefly and Soldier Beetles

Classification · Numbers · Works Cited
False Click Beetle - Stethon pectorosus Species Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus - Goldenrod Soldier Beetle - Chauliognathus pensylvanicus - male - female unknown family - Pityobius anguinus Aeolus mellillus? - Aeolus Phengodes - male Soldier Beetle - Podabrus Click Beetle Click Beetle in need of a bath - underside detail - Orthostethus infuscatus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Elateroidea (Click, Firefly and Soldier Beetles)
Numbers
Artematopodidae - Soft-bodied Plant Beetles [chapter 53 (1)]
Brachypsectridae - Texas Beetles [chapter 54 (1)]
Cerophytidae - Rare Click Beetles [chapter 55 (1)]
Eucnemidae - False Click Beetles [chapter 56 (1)]
Throscidae - False Metallic Wood-boring Beetles [chapter 57 (1)]
Elateridae - Click Beetles [chapter 58 (1)]
Lycidae - Net-winged Beetles [chapter 59 (1)]
Telegeusidae - Long-lipped Beetles [chapter 60 (1)]
Phengodidae - Glowworm Beetles [chapter 61 (1)]
Lampyridae - Fireflies [chapter 62 (1)]
Omethidae - False Soldier Beetles [chapter 63 (1)]
Cantharidae - Soldier Beetles [chapter 64 (1)]
Jacobsoniidae - Jacobsoniid Beetles [chapter 65 (1)]
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)
Contributed by Cotinis on 9 January, 2006 - 9:12am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian
Last updated 12 January, 2006 - 7:31am

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