-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Beetles (Order Coleoptera​​)

-​Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf, and Snout Beetles (Suborder Polyphaga)

-Elateriform Beetles (Infraorder Elateriformia)

-Click, Firefly, and Soldier Beetles (Superfamily Elateroidea)

-Click Beetles (Family Elateridae)

-Subfamily Elaterinae

-Tribe Ampedini

-Subtribe Dicrepidiina

Elateridae, commonly known as click beetles, is a family of beetles characterized by their unique ability to produce a clicking sound. This sound is generated through a mechanism that allows them to flip into the air when they are on their backs, enabling them to right themselves. The larvae, commonly known as wireworms, are primarily herbivorous and feed on roots, tubers, and decaying organic matter.