Elateridae or click beetles are a family of beetles. Other names include elaters, snapping beetles, spring beetles or skipjacks. This family was defined by William Elford Leach (1790–1836) in 1815. 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. A spine on the prosternum can be snapped into a corresponding notch on the mesosternum, producing a violent "click" that can bounce the beetle into the air. Clicking is mainly used to avoid predation, although it is also useful when the beetle is on its back and needs to right itself. There are about 9300 known species worldwide, and 965 valid species in North America.
Agrypnus is a genus of click beetle.
Abelater is a genus of click beetles, family Elateridae.
Physodeutera is a genus of Tiger Beetles endemic to Madagascar. There are more than 60 described species in Physodeutera.
Pometon is a genus of tiger beetles. There are at least two described species in Pometon.
Tricondyla is a genus of tiger beetles in the family Cicindelidae. There are more than 40 described species in Tricondyla, found in South and Southeast Asia, and in Oceania.
Eburia is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae.
Sternotomis is a genus of longhorn beetle, native to Sub-Saharan Africa. They are typically conspicuously colored and 1.8–3.6 cm (0.7–1.4 in) long.
Lanelater is a genus of click beetle belonging to the family Elateridae.
Dicronychus is a genus of click beetle belonging to the family Elateridae.
Eucnemidae, or false click beetles, are a family of elateroid beetles based on the type genus Eucnemis; they include about 1700 species, distributed worldwide.
Hemicrepidius is a genus of click beetle belonging to the family Elateridae.
Nanilla is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae, containing the following species:
Ctenicera is a genus of click beetles.
Elater is a genus of click beetle belonging to the family Elateridae.
Melasinae is a subfamily of false click beetles in the family Eucnemidae.
Agrypninae is a subfamily of click beetles in the family Elateridae. There are at least 130 genera and more than 430 described species in Agrypninae.
Pseudotetracha is a genus of tiger beetles in the family Cicindelidae, formerly included within the genus Megacephala, and endemic to Australia.
Calochroa is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Cicindelidae. Some authors treat them within the broader genus Cicindela. The genus as used in 2020 shows polyphyly with Calochroa species forming two clades with one clade being a sister to the genus Lophyra and another being a sister to the genus Hipparidium.
