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Elateriformia (Coleoptera)

J.F. Lawrence, A.M. Hastings, M.J. Dallwitz, T.A. Paine and E.J. Zurcher

Contents

This contents page, the key, and the descriptions were generated automatically from a DELTA database (Dallwitz 1980; Dallwitz, Paine, and Zurcher 1993).

Introduction

Interactive key, including interactive information retrieval • Hints on using the interactive key

The interactive key is easy to use, allows free choice of characters, and can lead to correct identifications in spite of occasional errors. It can display all the illustrations, full and partial descriptions, diagnostic descriptions, differences and similarities between taxa, lists of taxa exhibiting or lacking specified attributes, and distributions of character states within any set of taxa.

Character list • Glossary • Implicit attributes

Acknowledgements • References • Citation • Contacts, conditions of use, contributions

Descriptions

The bold parts in the descriptions are diagnostic descriptions, generated with the aid of Intkey (Dallwitz, Paine, and Zurcher 1995, 2000). They distinguish each taxon in at least two respects from the other taxa in the full ‘Beetle larvae of the world’ database.

A B C D E H L O P R S T Family unknown

A • ANISCHIIDAE • ARTEMATOPODIDAE • Artematopodinae ARTEMATOPODIDAE • Electribiinae ARTEMATOPODIDAE

B • BRACHYPSECTRIDAE • BUPRESTIDAE • Agrilinae (major part) BUPRESTIDAE • Aphanisticini Agrilinae BUPRESTIDAE • Brachyini Agrilinae BUPRESTIDAE • Cylindromorphini (major part) Agrilinae BUPRESTIDAE • Zitella Cylindromorphini Agrilinae BUPRESTIDAE • Cylindromorphoidini Agrilinae BUPRESTIDAE • Galbellini Agrilinae BUPRESTIDAE • Germaricini Agrilinae BUPRESTIDAE • Pachyschelini Agrilinae BUPRESTIDAE • Trachyini Agrilinae BUPRESTIDAE • Buprestinae (major part) BUPRESTIDAE • Acmaeoderella (Kocheridia) Buprestinae BUPRESTIDAE • Castiarina antia Buprestinae BUPRESTIDAE • Castiarina variegata (males) Buprestinae BUPRESTIDAE • Julodimorphini Buprestinae BUPRESTIDAE • Mastogeniini Buprestinae BUPRESTIDAE • Mendizabaliina Buprestinae BUPRESTIDAE • Paratrachys Buprestinae BUPRESTIDAE • Thrincopyge Buprestinae BUPRESTIDAE • Xenorhipis group Buprestinae BUPRESTIDAE • Xyroscelis Buprestinae BUPRESTIDAE • Julodinae BUPRESTIDAE • Schizopodinae BUPRESTIDAE • BYRRHIDAE • Amphicyrtinae BYRRHIDAE • Byrrhinae BYRRHIDAE • Syncalyptinae BYRRHIDAE

C • CALLIRHIPIDAE • CANTHARIDAE • Cantharinae CANTHARIDAE • Chauliognathini Chauliognathinae CANTHARIDAE • Ichthyurini Chauliognathinae CANTHARIDAE • Dysmorphocerinae CANTHARIDAE • Malthininae CANTHARIDAE • Silinae CANTHARIDAE • Tytthonyx CANTHARIDAE • CEROPHYTIDAE • CHELONARIIDAE • Brounia CHELONARIIDAE • Chelonarium CHELONARIIDAE • Pseudochelonarium CHELONARIIDAE • CLAMBIDAE • Acalyptomerinae CLAMBIDAE • Calyptomerinae CLAMBIDAE • Clambinae CLAMBIDAE • CNEOGLOSSIDAE

D • DASCILLIDAE • Dascillinae (major part) DASCILLIDAE • Coptocera Dascillinae DASCILLIDAE • Karumiinae (major part) DASCILLIDAE • Genecerus Karumiinae DASCILLIDAE • DECLINIIDAE • DRILIDAE • DRILIDAE (males) • DRILIDAE (anelytrous females) • DRYOPIDAE • DRYOPIDAE (major part) • Ceradryops group DRYOPIDAE • Holcodryops DRYOPIDAE • Quadryops DRYOPIDAE • Spalacosostea DRYOPIDAE

E • ELATERIDAE • ELATERIDAE (major part) • Agrypninae (major part) ELATERIDAE • Danosoma Agrypninae ELATERIDAE • Octocryptus Agrypninae ELATERIDAE • Cardiophorinae ELATERIDAE • Cebrioninae ELATERIDAE • Denticollinae (minor part) ELATERIDAE • Adrastini Elaterinae ELATERIDAE • Melanotini Elaterinae ELATERIDAE • Odontonychini Elaterinae ELATERIDAE • Eudicronychinae ELATERIDAE • Hemiopinae ELATERIDAE • Austrelater Lissominae ELATERIDAE • Lissomini (major part) Lissominae ELATERIDAE • Paradrapetes Lissomini Lissominae ELATERIDAE • Oestodes Lissominae ELATERIDAE • Protelaterini Lissominae ELATERIDAE • Negastriinae (major part) ELATERIDAE • Rivulicola ? Negastriinae ELATERIDAE • Physodactylinae (major part) ELATERIDAE • Toxognathus Physodactylinae ELATERIDAE • Pityobius Pityobiinae ELATERIDAE • Oistus Semiotinae ELATERIDAE • Semiotus Semiotinae ELATERIDAE • Subprotelaterinae ELATERIDAE • Tetralobinae ELATERIDAE • Thylacosterninae ELATERIDAE • Athoomorphus ELATERIDAE • Diplophoenicus ELATERIDAE • Pleonomoides ELATERIDAE • ELMIDAE • Elminae ELMIDAE • Larainae (major part) ELMIDAE • Jaechomorphus Larainae ELMIDAE • EUCINETIDAE • EUCINETIDAE (major part) • Bisaya EUCINETIDAE • Jentozkus - Tohlezkus EUCINETIDAE • EUCNEMIDAE • EUCNEMIDAE (major part) • Perothopinae EUCNEMIDAE • Phyllocerini Phyllocerinae EUCNEMIDAE • Schizophilini Pseudomeninae EUCNEMIDAE • EULICHADIDAE

H • HETEROCERIDAE • Elythomerinae HETEROCERIDAE • Heterocerinae (major part) HETEROCERIDAE • Micilini Heterocerinae HETEROCERIDAE

L • LAMPYRIDAE • Lampyrinae (major part) LAMPYRIDAE • Lampyrinae (anelytrous females) LAMPYRIDAE • Lampyrinae (brachelytrous females) LAMPYRIDAE • Amydetes Lampyrinae LAMPYRIDAE • Magnoculus Lampyrinae LAMPYRIDAE • Petalacmis Lampyrinae LAMPYRIDAE • Phosphaenus (males) Lampyrinae LAMPYRIDAE • Luciolinae (major part) LAMPYRIDAE • Luciolinae (brachelytrous females) LAMPYRIDAE • Ototretadrilinae LAMPYRIDAE • Ototretinae (major part) LAMPYRIDAE • Harmatelia Ototretinae LAMPYRIDAE • Photurinae LAMPYRIDAE • Pterotinae (males) LAMPYRIDAE • Pterotinae (anelytrous females) LAMPYRIDAE • LIMNICHIDAE • Cephalobyrrhinae LIMNICHIDAE • Hyphalinae LIMNICHIDAE • Limnichinae (major part) LIMNICHIDAE • Ersachus Limnichinae LIMNICHIDAE • Paralimnichus Limnichinae LIMNICHIDAE • Thaumastodinae LIMNICHIDAE • LUTROCHIDAE • LYCIDAE • LYCIDAE (major part) • Calochromus LYCIDAE • Duliticolinae (males) LYCIDAE • Duliticolinae (larviform females) LYCIDAE • Leptolycini LYCIDAE • Lypropaeini LYCIDAE • Porrostoma apterus Lea (brachelytrous females) LYCIDAE

O • OMALISIDAE • OMETHIDAE • Driloniinae OMETHIDAE • Matheteinae OMETHIDAE • Omethinae OMETHIDAE

P • PHENGODIDAE • PHENGODIDAE (major part) (males) • PHENGODIDAE (major part) (larviform females) • Penicillophorini (males) PHENGODIDAE • PLASTOCERIDAE • PODABROCEPHALIDAE • PSEPHENIDAE • Eubrianacinae PSEPHENIDAE • Eubriinae (major part) PSEPHENIDAE • Eubria Eubriinae PSEPHENIDAE • Sclerocyphon group Eubriinae PSEPHENIDAE • Psepheninae PSEPHENIDAE • Psephenoidinae PSEPHENIDAE • PTILODACTYLIDAE • PTILODACTYLIDAE (major part) • Araeopidius PTILODACTYLIDAE • Drupeus PTILODACTYLIDAE • Octoglossa PTILODACTYLIDAE • Ptilodactylinae PTILODACTYLIDAE

R • RHAGOPHTHALMIDAE • RHAGOPHTHALMIDAE (major part) (males) • RHAGOPHTHALMIDAE (major part) (anelytrous females) • Diplocladon (males) ? RHAGOPHTHALMIDAE • Diplocladon (larviform females) ? RHAGOPHTHALMIDAE • Dodecatoma (males) ? RHAGOPHTHALMIDAE • RHINORHIPIDAE • RHIPICERIDAE

S • SCIRTIDAE • SCIRTIDAE (major part) • Amplectopus SCIRTIDAE • Scirtes group SCIRTIDAE

T • TELEGEUSIDAE • THROSCIDAE • THROSCIDAE (major part) • Neocrowsonia ? THROSCIDAE • Pactopus THROSCIDAE • Potergus THROSCIDAE

Family unknown • Cydistus (males) FAMILY ?


Cite this publication as: ‘Lawrence, J.F., Hastings, A.M., Dallwitz, M.J., Paine, T.A., and Zurcher, E.J. 2000 onwards. Elateriformia (Coleoptera). Version: 12th September 2018. delta-intkey.com’.

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