Elater is a genus of click beetle belonging to the family Elateridae.

Species within this genus include:^[1]

• 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)