The Elateroidea are a large superfamily of beetles. It contains the familiar click beetles, fireflies, and soldier beetles and their relatives. It consists of about 25,000 species. [1]

They are a cosmopolitan beetle family characterized by the unusual click mechanism they possess. There are a few other families of Elateroidea in which a few members have the same mechanism, but most elaterid subfamilies can click.

Common Name: Click Beetles. Description: Click beetles are unique in their ability to ‘click’ and jump. The clicking noise is produced by the flexible union of the prothorax, mesothorax and the prosternal spine. Other defining characteristics include an elongate body with parallel sides and a serrate antenna.

Jun 4, 2012 · These entertaining beetles belong to the family Elateridae. Click beetles are usually black or brown, with some species bearing red or yellow markings. Most fall within the 12-30 mm range in length, though a few species can be considerably longer. They're easiest to recognize by shape: elongate, parallel-sided, with rounded front and hind ends.

In this study, we used anchored hybrid enrichment—designed to recover DNA sequences from hundreds of single-copy orthologous genes—to resolve the phylogeny of the Elateridae (click-beetles) and establish their placement within superfamily Elateroidea.

THE CLICK BEETLES (COL., ELATERIDAE & EUCNEMIDAE) OF THÁSOS. Click beetles (Elateridae) belong to the Superfamily Elateroidea, which also contains the fireflies, net-winged beetles and soldier beetles as well as the false click beetles (Eucnemidae).

Keys for the identification of British Elateridae (click beetles) This family contains a number of species which are quite similar to one another. The keys below are adapted from translations...

They are a cosmopolitan beetle family characterized by the unusual click mechanism they possess. There are a few other families of Elateroidea in which a few members have the same mechanism, but all elaterids can click.

Wireworms (Coleoptera: Elateridae) are common polyphagous soil pests of various crops, including economically relevant crops such as maize and potatoes. Their management with pesticides is often not successful or sustainable, and more research on …

Nov 19, 2020 · Despite the increasing rate of fossil research on click-beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae), the most diverse group in the superfamily Elateroidea, their fossil record has remained largely unstudied.