Elizabeth Arias-Bohart

Essig Museum of Entomology

The Elateridae is a natural group and its outer limits are well defined, in contrast, its subfamily and tribal arrangement are still in stage of flux. They are found in all vegetation types throughout the world. Currentl 9300 are described species in the world; In Chile they are about 120 species organized in 50 genera, but still in ugent needs of revisionary work.

The Elateridae are characterized by the unique click mechanism they possess. There are a few families, related to Elateridae, that have the same mechanism. The clicking mechanism: Elaterids can click due a special mechanism in which a spine on the prosternum can be snapped into a corresponding notch on the mesosternum, producing a violent "click" as a defensive mechanism avoid predation, although it is also useful when the beetle is on its back and needs to right itself.

 
 
 

POMACHILIINI SCHWARZ, 1906

 

  
 
Alyma Arias, 2004 : 415.
Type-species: Cardiophorus pallipes Solier, 1851 : 17.

pallipes(Solier)
            Cardiophorus pallipes Solier, 1851 : 17.
            Deromecus pallipes (Solier 1851 : 17)Fleutiaux, 1907 : 200. N. Comb.                                        Arias 2004 : 416 .
ariasvillegasaiArias, 2004 : 418.
calafquenensisArias, 2004 : 419.
contulmoensisArias, 2004 : 420.
lawleraeArias, 2004 : 421.
quiriquinaensis Arias, 2004 : 423.
rieseorumArias, 2004 : 424.
shapiroiArias, 2004 : 425.

Cosmesus Eschscholtz, 29 : 33.
               Type-species: Cosmesus bilineatus Eschscholtz. (Monotypy.)
Note. Schwarz, (1906) thought recognizing the genus removes the type to            
Parapomachilius Schwarz.

minusculus Schwarz, 1904 : 80
            striatus Candèze, 63 : 356

 


Deromecus Solier, 1851.
                Type-species: Deromecus angustatus Solier, 1851 : 12.

            angustatus Solier.,1851 : 12.
            adrastus Candèze, 1878.
            agriotes Candèze, 1878 : 149.
            anchastinus Candèze, 1881 : 183.
            anthracinus Candèze, 1900 : 91.
            bellus Fleutiaux, 1907.
            brevicollis Candèze, 1878 : 138.
               inops Candèze, 1878 : 139.
            carinatus Candèze, 1881 : 72.
            cervinus Candèze, 1881 : 73.
            curtus Candèze, 1878 : 140.
                        adrastus Candèze, 1878 : 140.
            debilis Candèze, 1878 : 139.
            delfini Fleutiaux, 1907 : 198.
            filicornis  Solier, 1851 : 13.
            fulvus Fleutiaux, 1907 : 193.
            germaini Fleutiaux, 1907 : 204.
            griscescens Candèze, 1878  : 194.
            melanurus Fleutiaux, 1907 : 193.
            niger Schwarz, 1900 : 329.
            nigricornis Candèze,1860 : 15.
            rubricollis  Solier, 1851 : 14.
               thoracicus (Solier, 1851 : 14)
            sanguinicollis Candèze, 1878 : 139.
            scapularis Candèze, 1878 : 139.
            trivittatus Champion, 1895 : 408.
            tenuicollis Candèze, 1881 : 72.
            tumidus Candèze, 1881 : 72.

 


Gabryella Arias, 2001.
              Type-species: Deromecus attenuatus Solier, 1851.
            attenuata (Solier, 1951 : ). Arias, 2001 :
                        Deromecus attenuatus Candèze, 1881 : 16.
umbilicataArias, 2001 : 38__.
            Deromecus umbilicatus Candèze, 1881 : 16.
elguetai Arias, 2001 : 387.
nancyta Arias, 2001 : 387.
terryae Arias, 2001 : 388.
wulfklohnai Arias, 2001 : 389.

 


Llanquihue Arias, 2007.
                Type-species: Deromecus vittipennis Candèze, 1900 : 91.
            vitiipennis (Candèze) 1900 : 91.
            carlota 2007 : 7 : 8.

 


Lynnyella Arias, 2001.
               Type-species: Deromecus suturalis Candèze, 1865 : 37. Arias designation 2001 :             139.
Deromecus Candèze, 1865 : 37. New Comb. Arias, 2001 : 139.
           
            concepcionensis Arias, 2001 : 142 .
            diegoi Arias, 2001 : 143
            gerhardtae Arias, 2001 : 145
            juanjoseorum Arias, 2001 : 144 : 145
            longaviensis Arias, 2001 : 145
            valenciai Arias, 2001 : 146

 


Mecothorax Solier, 1851.
Type-species: Mecothorax castanipennis Solier, 1851 : 22 : 23. Revalidation Arias : 2007 : 202
Note: Candèze, (1860) reduces the genus to synonymy under Deromecus Solier.

Deromecus Solier1851 : 22 : 23. Synonymized by Candèze, 1860 : 8.

       castanipennisSolier, 1851 : 22 : 23;
                           Mecothorax castanipennis Solier, 1851 : 22 : 23
                        Deromecus castanipennis; Candèze, 1860 : 8,10 (spelling error)
                        Deromecus castaneipennis Bartlett-Calvert 1898 : 811 (as                                                                         Deromecus Fleutiaux, 1907 : 197.
            vulgaris (Solier)
                        Mecothorax vulgaris (Solier, 1851 : 13 : 14)
                        Deromecus vulgaris (Solier, 1851 : 13 : 14) Candèze, 1860 : 9, 13.
            anticuraArias, 2007 : 206.
            calafquen Arias, 2007 : 208.
            carmenjuliae Arias, 2007 : 212.
            duahatao Arias, 2007 : 213. 
            girardai Arias, 2007 : 214.
            laninArias, 2007 : 214. 
            maipoensis Arias, 2007 : 215.
            maturanai Arias, 2007 : 215. 
            pichinahuel Arias, 2007 : 216. 
            pucatrihue Arias, 2007 : 217. 
            valdiviensis Arias, 2007 : 217. 
            valparaisensis Arias, 2007 : 218. 
            villarricensis Arias, 2007 : 218.

 


Podonema Solier, 1851 : 19.
           Type-species: Podonema impressum Solier, 1851 : 19. (Monotypy.)
Deromecus Synonymized byCandèze, 1860 : 8.
Deromecus  Revalidation by  Fleutiaux, 1907 : 187.
            impressum Solier, 1851 : 19.
                        Deromecus impressum (Solier); Bartlett-Calvert (1898 : 809.)
                        Podonema impressum Solier; Golbach, (1979 : 405, 1994 : 27, 41).
            aluperamArias, 2010: 39.
            dalcahue Arias, 2010: 40.
            kopihue Arias, 2010 : 41.
            maihue Arias, 2010 : 41.
            mawidaArias, 2010 : 43.
            obscuratum (Golbach 1979 : 407 .); Arias 2010 : 43.
            palmarensis Arias, 2010 : 44.
            wiloi Arias, 2010 : 45.

Pseudoderomecus Fleutiaux, 1907 : 31.
              Type-species: Medonia fairmairei Candèze, 1978 : CXL (31) (Monotypy.) 
Medonia Candèze, 1878 : (cxl) 140.
           
            fairmairei (Candèze, 1978 : CXL (31),) Synonymized by Fleutiaux 1907 : 186.

 


Sofia Arias, 2005 : 202.
               Type-species: Nemasoma sulcatum Solier, 1851:11, Koch 1847 : 47) preoccupied                            Myriapoda.  (Monotypy).
            sulcata Solier, 1851:11.
                        Sofia sulcata  (Solier, 1851:11.) Nom. Nov. Arias, 2005 : 22.

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Illustrations by Nancy Arias
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Click beetles

Chilean Pomachiliini

Canopy Fogging

Chilean Arthropoda