Family

Elateridae (Click beetles)

Neopristilophus cribrosus. Photo: (c) Kim Cabrera, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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Insects in the family Elateridae are commonly called click beetles (or “typical click beetles” to distinguish them from the related families Cerophytidae, Eucnemidae, and Plastoceridae). Other names include elaters, snapping beetles, spring beetles or skipjacks. This family was defined by William Elford Leach (1790–1836) in 1815. They are a cosmopolitan beetle family characterized by the unusual click mechanism they possess. There are a few closely related families in which a few members have the same mechanism,…

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
      - Class: Insecta (Insects)
        Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
        Order: Coleoptera (Beetles)
        Suborder: Polyphaga (Water, rove, scarab, long-horned, leaf, and snout beetles)
        Infraorder: Elateriformia (Elateriform beetles)
        Superfamily: Elateroidea (Click, firefly, and soldier beetles)
        Family: Elateridae (Click beetles)
        Subfamily: Dendrometrinae (3)
        Subfamily: Elaterinae (2)
        Subfamily: Pityobiinae (1)
        Subfamily: Agrypninae (2)

Subtaxa

Subfamily: Dendrometrinae

Subfamily: Elaterinae

Subfamily: Pityobiinae

Subfamily: Agrypninae

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Discussion

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