Thisbookisacombinationofourlong-termresearchonChineseElateroidea,throughcheckingzoologicalrecord,andTitandatabase(ttp://itan.gbif.fr/),andrelatedscientificliteratures.Werefertovariouspublishedworks(includingcatalogues,papersandmonographs)torecordallChinesespeciesofthesuperfamilyElateroidea.9families,295generaand2,770species/subspeciesareincludedinthisbook,inwhichArtematopodidaehave1genus,3species;Eucnemidae15genera,24species;Throscidae1genus,2species;Elateridae173genera,1515species/subspecies;Ly