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last updated 18.Oct.2008


Elateriformia

Elateriformia is a large, worldwide, and heterogeneous group of Polyphagan beetles. Their numbers contain such familiar insects as click beetles, fireflies and soldier beetles, as well as a number of aquatic species.


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Rhipicera sp. Feather-horn beetle (Rhipiceridae)

Rhipicera sp. Feather-horn beetle (Rhipiceridae)

Microphotus sp. (Lampyridae)

Microphotus sp. (Lampyridae)

Ellychnia sp. Firefly
(Lampyridae)

Lucidota atra Firefly
(Lampyridae)

Photinus sp. Firefly
(Lampyridae)

Chauliognathus Soldier beetle (Cantharidae)

Chauliognathus Soldier beetle (Cantharidae)

Distremocephalus glow worm
(Phengodidae)

Lycus sp.
(Lycidae)

Lycus sp.
(Lycidae)

Net-winged beetle
(Lycidae)

Lycus net-winged Beetle (Lycidae)

Lycus net-winged Beetle (Lycidae)

Click beetle
(Elateridae)

Click beetle
(Elateridae)

Throscid beetle
(Throscidae)

Metallic wood-boring beetle
(Buprestidae)

Variegated mud-loving beetle
(Heteroceridae)

Lutrochus travertine beetle (Lutrochidae)

Lutrochus travertine beetle (Lutrochidae)

Cytilus alternatus pill beetle (Byrrhidae)

Cytilus alternatus pill beetle (Byrrhidae)

Cytilus alternatus pill beetle (Byrrhidae)

Simplocaria semistriata pill beetle
(Byrrhidae)

Lara sp. 
(Elmidae)

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