Elater is a genus of click beetle belonging to the family Elateridae. Species Species within this genus include: Elater abruptus Say, 1825 Elater acutus (Candèze, 1863) Elater asmodaius Wurst, 1994 Elater ater (Candèze, 1865) Elater decorus (Germar, 1843) Elater dilaticollis (Fairmaire, 1883) Elater ferrugineus Linnaeus, 1758 Elater georgelewisi (Suzuki, 1985) Elater lecontei (Horn, 1871) Elater magnicollis (Fleutiaux, 1918) Elater niponensis (Lewis, 1894) Elater pinguis (Horn, 1884) Elater riesei Schimmel, 2007 Elater ruficollis (Solier, 1851) Elater sakishimensis Ôhira, 1967 Elater solskyi (Suzuki, 1985) Elater splendens Gurjeva, 1974 Elater tauricus (Schwarz, 1897) Elater thoracicus (Fleutiaux, 1918) References Elaterinae Beetles described in 1758 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus