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Omalisus
Omalisus is a genus of beetle belonging to the family Elateridae.
Pyrearinus
Pyrearinus is a genus of click beetle (family Elateridae).
Opselater
Opselater is a genus of click beetle (family Elateridae). They are one of several genera in the tribe Pyrophorini, all of which are bioluminescent. This genus was established by in 1975. After a revision of the genus by , she stated some members of this genus are polyphyletic with '''' , which discouraged her from establishing any new genus in this part of Pyrophorini due to alternative resolutions and ambiguity.
Pheletes
Pheletes is a genus of click beetle belonging to the family Elateridae.
Mulsanteus
thumb|Mulsanteus guillebeaui, Italy
Balgus
Balgus is a genus of Central American click beetle (family Elateridae). They are one of several genera in the family which contain at least one bioluminescent species. The genus was originally placed in the family Eucnemidae, later transferred to Throscidae, but recent classifications establish them firmly within Elateridae.
Adelocera
Adelocera is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Elateridae.
Hypsiophthalmus
Hypsiophthalmus is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae. They are one of several genera in the tribe Pyrophorini. This genus was established by French zoologist Pierre André Latreille in 1834 posthumously and then reviewed by in 1975 (with 5 species split from Pyrophorus) and in 1979 (with description of 3 new species and 2 recombinations from Pyrophorus).
Orithales
thumb | right | Orithales serraticornis specimen Orithales is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Elateridae.
Cardiorhinus
Cardiorhinus is a genus of click beetles in the subfamily Elaterinae.
Aeolus
genus of insects
Danosoma
Danosoma is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Elateridae.
Semiotus
Semiotus is a genus of beetle belonging to the family Elateridae. It includes about 85 large sized (14–48 mm) and colourful click beetles with bright integument. The colouration is usually yellow with longitudinal black, orange or reddish stripes. The Neotropical genus occurs from Mexico to Argentina and Chile.
Ignelater
Ignelater is a genus of click beetle (family Elateridae). They are one of several genera in the tribe Pyrophorini, all of which are bioluminescent. This genus was established by in 1975. Most of the species were formerly in the genus Pyrophorus.
Xanthopenthes
Xanthopenthes is a genus of beetles in the family Elateridae. It was first described by Edmond Jean-Baptiste Fleutiaux in 1928. Members of Xanthopenthes can be found in the Oriental Region which includes parts of Southeast Asia and China. Several species in this genus have been described in recent years, highlighting its ongoing taxonomic interest and regional biodiversity significance.
Diplostethus
Diplostethus is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae. There are about six described species in Diplostethus, found in the Nearctic and the Neotropical Regions.
Melanactes
thumb| Melanactes
Tetralobus
Tetralobus is a genus of click beetle belonging to the family Elateridae.