Family Elateridae

The Click Beetles

corrected and recompiled by P.J. Johnson, September 1995

Subfamily Cebrioninae

Selonodon Latreille (see Galley 1994)

• S. mandibularis (LeConte), FL endemic (ALA, HAR, HIG, HIL, LAK, MAN, MARI, ORA, PUT, SAR, SEM); status undetermined
• S. simplex (LeConte), GA-FL (SUW); rare
• S. n.sp. 1, FL endemic (HIG); rare
• S. n.sp. 2, FL endemic (ESC, OKA, SRO); rare
• S. n.sp. 3, FL endemic (LEO); rare
• S. n.sp. 4, FL endemic (GAD, JAC, LIB); rare
• S. n.sp. 5, FL endemic (ALA, BRE, LAK, MARI, ORA, OSC, POL, PUT, SAR, VOL); status undetermined

Subfamily Lissominae

Drapetes Dejean

• D. geminatus Say, TX-IA-PQ-FL (ALA, LAK, LEV)
  = exstriatus Say
  = nitidus Melsheimer
  = americanus Gerstaecker
• D. quadripustulatus Bonvouloir, TX-WI-MD-FL (ALA, CHA,COLU)
• D. rubricollis LeConte, AR-NC-FL (ALA, CLA, DAD, HER, HIG, LEV, MON, SEM

Subfamily Agrypninae

Tribe Agrypnini

Agrypnus Eschscholtz

• A. rectangularis (Say), TX-SD-GA-FL (ALA, BAK, CLA, DAD, GAD, IND, LAK, LEE, LEV, MON, POL, WAK)
  = A. curtus LeConte

Lacon Laporte

• L. discoideus (Weber), eUS, FL (ALA, DUV, LIB)
• L. impressicollis (Say) IN-NC-GA-FL (ALA, BAY, IND, HIG, LAK, MARI)
  = lepturus Say
  = senilis Germar
• L. marmoratus (Fabricius), IN-PQ-FL (ALA, HIG, LIB, PUT)
• L. mexicanus Candèze, FL (ALA, DAD, HIG, IND, LEE, LEO, MON, POL, SAR), Mexico
  = L. avitus, of authors
• L. subcostatus (Candèze), FL (LEO), Hispaniola, Guadeloupe = L. floridanus Knull

Lanelater Arnett

• L. sallei (LeConte), TX-NH-FL (ALA, BAK, BRA, BRO, DAD, HIG, IND, LAK, LEE, MARI, ORA, PAL, PUT, VOL)

Meristhus Candèze

• M. scobinula Candèze, TX-GA-FL, Mexico
• M. squamiger Champion, FL (HIG), Mexico, CAmer, SAmer

Tribe Pyrophorini

Deilelater Costa

• D. atlanticus (Hyslop), GA-FL (BRO, CLA, DAD, HIG, IND, MARI, ORA, SEM)
• D. physoderus (Germar), AZ-GA-FL (BRO, DAD, GLA, IND, LEV, MAN, MON), Mexico
  = texanus Hyslop
• D. ustulatus Costa, FL (DAD, ORA, HIL) (Costa 1983: 123)

Ignelater Costa

• I. havaniensis (Laporte), FL (DAD), Cuba, Hispaniola, Bahamas, Mexico
  = impressifrons Stürm
  = causticus Germar

Tribe Hemirhipini

Alaus Eschscholtz

• A. myops (Fabricius), SD-ON-PQ-FL (ALA, BAK, BRE, DAD, DUV, FRA, HAR, HEN, HIG, LIB, MARI, MON, OKA, ORA, PAL, POL, PUT, SEM, SRO)
  = canadensis Candèze
• A. oculatus (Fabricius), the eyed click beetle, TX-SD-PQ-FL (ALA, COLU, DAD, DIX, DUV, GUL, HAR, HIL, IND, JAC, LAK, LIB, MARI, ORA, PAL, PIN, POL, PUT, SAR, SEM, SLU, UNI)
  = luscus Fabricius, not Olivier
• A. patricius Candèze, FL (MON), Cuba, Bahamas
  = luscus Olivier

Pherhimius Fleutiaux

• P. fascicularis (Fabricius), TX-MD-FL (IND, MARI, MON), Mexico
  = venosus Laporte

Chalcolepidius Eschscholtz

• C. viridipilis (Say), TX-OH-PA-FL (ALA, NAS)
  = prasinus Erichson

Tribe Conoderini

Conoderus Eschscholtz

• C. aversus (LeConte), AL-GA-FL (DAD, HIG, IND, LAK), WInd, CAmer, SAmer
• C. bellus (Say), CA--ON-GA-FL (FLA, HIG, IND)
  = pictus Steinheil
  = variegatus Steinheil
• C. bifoveatus (Palisot de Beauvois), FL (DAD, MON), Virgin Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Bahamas
• C. blandulus (LeConte), CA-AL-GA-FL (IND, MAD, MAN)
• C. debilitatus (Candèze), GA-FL (MAN, MART)
  = C. debilis LeConte
• C. lepidus (LeConte), GA-FL (ALA, GLA)
• C. lividus (Degeer), TX-IN-MD-FL (ALA, BAK, DAD, CHA, COLU, DIX, GAD, HAM, HIG, HIL, IND, LAF, LAK, LEV, LIB, MARI, MART, ORA, SAR, SEM), Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Bahamas, Guadeloupe, Mexico
  = castaneus Olivier
  = castanipes Herbst, not Fabricius
  = lobatus Say
  = elongatus Palisot de Beauvois
• C. perversus (Brown), GA-FL (BRE, DAD, DUV, MARI, PAL, SEM)
• C. rudis Brown, LA-IN-ON-FL (DAD, MARI)
• C. rufidens (Fabricius), FL (ESC, HER, HIL, MON, PAL), Caribbean
• C. scissus (Schaeffer), GA-FL (HIG, LAK, LEE, MARI, SRO)
• C. vespertinus (Fabricius), the tobacco wireworm, AZ-SD-CT-FL (ALA, DAD, ESC, MAD, ORA, SRO, VOL), Mexico
  = peninsularis Candèze
  = finitimus Say
  = serotinus Germar
  = texanus Candèze

Heteroderes Latreille

• H. amplicollis (Gyllenhal), HI, CA-NC-FL (IND, MON), Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Bermuda, CAmer, SAmer
  = nicholsi Notman
  = laurentii, of authors (not Guerin-Meneville)
• H. exsul (Sharp), HI, CA-FL (ORA)
• H. falli (Lane), the southern potato wireworm, HI, CA- NC- GA- FL (ALA, BAK, BAY, BRO, CLA, COLL, COLU, DAD, DUV, ESC, HIG, HIL, IND, LAK, LEE, LEO, LIB, MARI, ORA, POL, SEM, SRO, TAY), C.Amer, SAmer
  = difformis Fall

Subfamily Denticollinae

Tribe Athoini

Hemicrepidius Germar

• H. memnonius (Herbst), AB-MO-NS-FL
  = baridius Say
  = thomasi Germar
  = ruficornis Kirby

Limonius Eschscholtz

• L. auripilis (Say), TX-SD-PQ-FL (ALA, HOL, LEO, LIB, MARI, WAK, WAL)
  = pubicollis LeConte
  = auricollis Schwarz
• L. basillaris (Say), PQ-FL (ALA, COLU, FRA, MARI, PUT, VOL, WAK)
  = semiaeneus LeConte
• L. quercinus (Say), IN-ON-FL (ALA, COLU, ESC, LIB, MARI)

Athous Eschscholtz

• A. brightwelli (Kirby), c and eNAmer, FL
  = oblongicollis Melsheimer
  = arcticollis Melsheimer
• A. cucullatus (Say), c and eNAmer, FL
  = hypoleucus Melsheimer
  = procericollis Melsheimer
  = strigatus Melsheimer

Tribe Melanactini

Melanactes LeConte

• M. morio (Fabricius), eUS, FL
  = lacunosus Fabricius
  = aterrimus Fabricius

Tribe Pityobiini

Pityobius LeConte

• P. anguinus LeConte, AB-NS-NH-WI, GA-FL
  = niger Westwood
  = billingsi Bland

Tribe Prosternini

Ctenicera Latreille

• C. floridana (Candèze), FL endemic
• C. pyrrhos (Herbst), IN-MD-ON-FL (GAD, LIB, MARI)
  = aequalis Melsheimer
  = vagans Melsheimer
  = pyrrhicus Haldeman
• C. trivittata (LeConte), seUS, FL (MARI, in F.W. Skillman Coll.)

Subfamily Elaterinae

Tribe Elaterini

Neotrichophorus Jacobson

• N. carolinensis Schaeffer, TX-VA-FL (ALA, CLA, DAD, DUV, ESC, HER, HIG, IND, LEE, LEO, MARI, MON, OKA, ORA, PAL, PIN, POL, PUT, SEM, VOL)
  = hepaticus LeConte, not Germar

Orthostethus Lacordaire

• O. infuscatus (Germar), TX-IN-VAFL (ALA, BRA, BRO, DAD, DUV, GAD, GLA, HER, HIG, HIL, IND, LEE, LEO, LIB, MAN, MARI, MON, OKA, OKE, ORA, PAL, POL, PUT, SAR, SEM), CAmer, SAmer
  = hepaticus Germar
  = sordidus Melsheimer
  = praefectus Candèze

Parallelostethus Schwarz

• P. attenuatus (Say), CA-IN-ON-FL (DUV)
  = fuscus Laporte

Dolerosomus Motschulsky

• D. silaceus (Say), CA-OR-PQ-FL (BRE, HIG)
  = umbracticus LeConte

Tribe Megapenthini

Megapenthes Kiesenwetter

• M. insignis (LeConte), CA-SC-FL (LEO)
• M. limbalis (Herbst), CT-GA-FL
  = granulosus Melsheimer
• M. sturmii (Germar), FL, Cuba

Tribe Dicrepidiini

Blauta LeConte

• B. cribraria (Germar), CA-GA-FL (PIN)
  = cauta LeConte
• B. falli Brown, LA-VA-FL (CHA, DAD, SEM, VOL)

Dicrepidius Eschscholtz

• D. palmatus Candèze, AL-IN-GA-FL (ALA)
  = binus Say
• D. ramicornis Palisot de Beauvois, AZ-GA-FL (ALA, BRO, DAD, FRA, HER, HIG, IND, LIB, MON, OKA, SEM, SRO), Cuba, Guadeloupe, Mexico to Argentina
  = ceramboides Sturm
  = pectinicornis Eschscholtz

Dipropus Germar

• D. fuscus (LeConte), AL-NY-FL (ALA, BRO, DAD, JEF, LIB, MARI, MON, OSC, PUT)
• D. granosus Fall, GA-FL (DAD, DUV, PIN, PUT, STL, IND, PAL)
• D. schwarzi (Becker), AL-FL (ALA, DAD, HIG, PIN, IND, LEO, LIB, PUT)
  = parallelus Schwarz
• D. soleatus (Say), AZ-IN-NJ-FL (ALA, ESC, LAK, LEO, MAN, MARI)

Tribe Physorhinini

Anchastus LeConte

• A. asper LeConte, GA-FL (GAD, MART, BAY, BRO, COLL, DAD, DUV, GUL, FLA, GUL, HIG, LEV, MARI, ORA, PIN, POL, PUT, SJO, SRO, VOL)
• A. bicarinatus LeConte, GA-FL (DAD, MARI, MON)
  = sericeus Horn
  = horni Schwarz
• A. bicolor LeConte, CA-AZ-FL (HIG), Mexico
  = desertus Horn
• A. binus Say, IN-GA-AL-FL (ALA, HIG, LEO, MARI)
• A. digitatus (LeConte), PA-VA-GA--FL (ALA, HIG, IND)
  = A. longulus LeConte
• A. fumicollis Fall, FLendemic (ALA, DAD, HIG, IND, LAK, LIB, MARI, MON, OKA, PUT)

Physorhinus Eschscholtz

• P. sp., FL (DAD, in FSCA)

Tribe Ampedini

Ampedus Dejean

• A. areolatus (Say), MO-SD-PQ-FL (MARI)
  = obliquus (Say)
  = pusio Germar
  = scitulus Germar
• A. linteus (Say), IA-ON-PQ-FL
  = lugubris Germar
• A. melsheimeri Leng, CA-SK-NS-PA-FL
  = hepaticus Melsheimer
• A. nigricans Germar, AB-PQ-FL
  = testaceipes Melsheimer
  = fuscatus Melsheimer
  = molestus LeConte
• A. pedalis Germar, AK-NS-FL
  = rufipes Palisot de Beauvois
  = ursulus Melsheimer
  = deletus LeConte
• A. rubricollis (Herbst), MN--PQ-GA-FL
  = socer LeConte
  = verticinus Palisot de Beauvois
• A. sellatus (Dejean), eNAmer, FL (ALA, DIX, GAD)

Tribe Synaptini

Glyphonyx Candèze

• G. bimarginatus Schaeffer, AZ-NJ-FL (DAD, JAC, LIB, MAD, POL, WAK)
• G. ferruginosus Schaeffer, AZ-VA-FL, Mexico
• G. helix Smith & Balsbaugh, AZ-OH-TN-FL
• G. inquinatus (Say), AL-IL-CT-FL
  = pumilis Erichson
• G. nanus Smith & Balsbaugh, TX-NH-FL (SRO), Mexico
• G. quietus (Say), TX-IN-PA-FL
• G. rhopalocanthus Smith & Balsbaugh, AZ-MO-KY-FL, Mexico
• G. testaceus (Melsheimer), eNAmer, FL

Tribe Melanotini

Melanotus Eschscholtz

• M. americanus Herbst, eNAmer, FL (ALA, BRO, DAD, DUV, HER, MARI, OKA, PUT, SEM, VOL)
  = angustatus Erichson
• M. clandestinus Erichson, TX-NJ-FL (ALA, BAY, BRO, CLA, DAD, HAM, HIG, HIL, MARI)
  = peninsularis Candèze
  = perplexus Blatchley
• M. communis (Gyllenhal), AZ-SD-PQ-FL
  = paganus Candèze
• M. insipiens (Say), TX-NC-FL (ALA, COLU, DIX, ESC, GUL, JAC, LIB, OKA, PUT, VOL, WAK)
  = tenellus Erichson
• M. lanei Quate, KS-SD-DC-FL
• M. miscellus Quate, MS-IN-ON-FL
• M. morosus Candèze, TX-IL-PQ-FL (ALA, GUL, HIG, IND, MARI, WAK)
  = longulus LeConte
  = debilis Blatchley
  = simulans Blatchley
• M. obscuratus Blatchley, NC-FL
• M. parallelus Blatchley, AR-NC-FL (ALA, LIB, MAN, OKA)
• M. piceatus Blatchley, AL-TN-SC-GA-FL (DAD, IND, POL)
• M. sagittarius LeConte, IN-PQ-FL
  = carinus Blatchley
• M. similis (Kirby), US, FL (ALA, DAD, IND, MARI, MON), Mexico
  = cinereus Weber
  = fissilis Say
  = laticollis Erichson
  = ochraceipennis Melsheimer
  = sphenoidalis Melsheimer
  = exuberans LeConte
• M. spadix (Erichson), AR-IL-NH-FL (ALA, DIX, DUV, HER, IND, MARI)
  = abdominalis, of authors
  = decumanus Dietrich, not Gyllenhal
• M. testaceus Melsheimer, TX-MT-NY-FL (IND, MARI)
  = dubius LeConte
• M. verberans LeConte, TX-SD-NY-FL

Subfamily Cardiophorinae

Cardiophorus Eschscholtz

• C. angustatus Blanchard, GA-FL (HIG, LEV, MARI)
• C. cardisce (Say), TX-SD-PQ-FL
  = convexus Erichson
  = dejeani LeConte
• C. floridae Candèze, GA-FL
• C. gagates Erichson, IN-NS-FL (ALA)
  = laevicollis Erichson

Coptostethus Wollaston

• C. americanus Horn, LA-AL-FL (ESC, OKA, WAL)

Esthesopus Eschscholtz

• E. atripennis Candèze, DE-GA-FL (IND, MARI), Mexico
  = E. bicolor Horn
• E. claricollis (Say), TX-IN-VA-FL (ALA)
  = paedicus Candèze
• E. pusio Horn, GA-FL (DAD, MAN, MON)

Horistonotus Candèze

• H. curiatus (Say), TX-IN-ON-FL (ALA, LIB, MARI, VOL)
  = aereolatus Erichson
• H. uhleri Horn, the sand wireworm, MD-GA-FL (ALA, ORA, PUT)

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