ELATERIDAE Leach, 1815
(click beetles)

Interactions where ELATERIDAE is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
(live) live larva is parasitised by Syngliocladium anamorph UK/Ireland Syngliocladium aranearum an anamorphic fungus Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Syngliocladium aranearum/Syngliocladium aranearuman anamorphic fungusSyngliocladium anamorph Animal / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Elateridae/Elateridaeclick beetleslivelarva Syngliocladium anamorph parasitises live larva

Author & YearTitleSource
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

ELATERIDAE (click beetles) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

ELATERIDAE (click beetles) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
Subfamily 2 subtaxa 2 trophisms
Subfamily 7 subtaxa 11 trophisms 1 references
Subfamily 18 subtaxa 38 trophisms 1 references
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 2 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyELATERIDAE (click beetles)
SuperfamilyELATEROIDEA (a superfamily of beetles)
Series Elateriformia (click beetles and relatives)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ELATERIDAE (click beetles)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Dusanek, V. & Mertlik, J. Elateridae: Click Beetle of the Palearctic Region www.elateridae.com/?lg=uk&idp=&kat=
Platia, G. 1994 Coleoptera, Elateridae Platia, G., 1994. Coleoptera, Elateridae, Fauna d’Italia
Telfer, M. & Joy, N.M. 2010 Joy’s keys to Elateridae, Eucnemidae and Throscidae http://markgtelfer.co.uk/beetles/elateridae-eucnemidae-and-throscidae/
Wallace, J. Elateridae of the British Isles elateridae.co.uk/

Larvae

van Emden, F.I. 1945 Larvae of British Beetles V: Elateridae Ent. Mon. Mag. 81: 13-37.

ELATERIDAE (click beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Mendel, H. 1988 Provisional atlas of the click beetles (Coleoptera:Elateroidea) of the British Isles 89pp, Biological Records Centre

Acid Mires

Boyce, D. 2004 A review of the invertebrate assemblages of acid mires Research Reports, Report no 592, 109pp, English Nature

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to ELATERIDAE (click beetles):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 229 images of ELATERIDAE (click beetles)

The click beetles are a family of small to medium sized beetles of similar shape. Most species are brown to black, but some have red or orange elytra (especially the genus "Ampedus" which contains several rare species). A few have metallic reflections. Click beetles are so-called because, when disturbed, they typically fling themselves into the air by means of a clicking mechanism involving a peg on the underside of the first thoracic segment and a socket on the second.

The larvae (wireworms) live in soil or rotting wood. Several species are associated with veteran trees and restricted to sites with a history of ecological continuity.

The degree of serration or pectination of the antenna is important for identification. This is not a problem with card-mounted beetles, but pinned specimens must be held at such an angle that the segments are flat.

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