title: Abelater
text: # Abelater
  
  Abelater is a genus of click beetles, family Elateridae.
  
  ## Species
  
  There are at least extant 32 species:
  
  * Abelater babanus Kishii, 1989
  * Abelater bivittatus (Candèze, 1878)
  * Abelater bousaianus Kishii, 1991
  * Abelater brancuccii Schimmel, 2004
  * Abelater cinctus (Fleutiaux, 1916)
  * Abelater cruciellus (Candèze, 1894)
  * Abelater davaoensis Ôhira, 1973
  * Abelater gratus (Fauvel, 1904)
  * Abelater haucki Schimmel, 2006
  * Abelater himalayanus Schimmel, 2004
  * Abelater infimus (Candèze, 1875)
  * Abelater iriomotensis Kishii, 1985
  * Abelater maculatus (Fleutiaux, 1918)
  * Abelater makiharai Ôhira, 1970
  * Abelater mindanaoensis Ôhira, 1973
  * Abelater miyatakei Ôhira, 1973
  * Abelater morio (Candèze, 1878)
  * Abelater nigritulus (Candèze, 1882)
  * Abelater nigrolineatus Kishii, 1991
  * Abelater philippinensis (Fleutiaux, 1916)
  * Abelater picturatus (Fauvel, 1904)
  * Abelater pulcherus (Miwa, 1933)
  * Abelater rixosus (Candèze, 1897)
  * Abelater rubiginosus (Candèze, 1878)
  * Abelater rufus Fleutiaux, 1947
  * Abelater satoi (Ôhira, 1968)
  * Abelater sexpustulatus (Schwarz, 1902)
  * Abelater shirozui (Kishii, 1959)
  * Abelater sinensis Schimmel, 2004
  * Abelater singularis (Candèze, 1897)
  * Abelater taiwanus Kishii, 1989
  * Abelater trivittatus (Schwarz, 1901)
  
  There is also one prehistoric species known from Baltic amber:
  
  * †Abelater succineus Schimmel, 2005
  