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Ignelater

Ignelater
Ignelater luminosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Family: Elateridae
Subfamily: Agrypninae
Tribe: Pyrophorini
Genus: Ignelater
Costa, 1975
Type species
Pyrophorus (Stilpnus) havaniensis[1]
Laporte, 1840
Species

10; see text

Synonyms
  • Stilpnus Laporte, 1840

Ignelater is a genus of click beetle (family Elateridae). They are one of several genera in the tribe Pyrophorini, all of which are bioluminescent.[2] This genus was established by Cleide Costa in 1975.[1] Most of the species were formerly in the genus Pyrophorus.[3]

  1. ^ a b Costa (1975:105–106).
  2. ^ Costa (1975:81).
  3. ^ Rosa, S.P. (2010). "New species of Ignelater Costa (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Pyrophorini)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 50 (29): 445–449. doi:10.1590/S0031-10492010002900001.

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