Ignelater

Ignelater
Ignelater luminosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
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 [species] in 1975.[1] Most of the species were formerly in the genus Pyrophorus.[3]

Description

Slender; reddish-brown. Pubescence short, fine, more or less dense, yellowish or grey. Eyes slightly prominent in male. Front not prominent, more or less concave in the middle. Antennae elongate, surpassing the hind angles of the prothorax; third segment slightly longer than second, more or less triangular, the two together smaller than fourth. Prothorax slightly convex. Luminous spots lateral, rounded, slightly convex and visible beneath on the proepisternum. Abdominal luminous organ small and lamellate. Male genitalia: median lobe with or without median tubercles; with minute cuticular scales and long spines. Female genitalia: bursa copulatrix well spiraled, median oviduct with a pair of sclerotized plates.[1]

List of species

Given below is a species list with type localities and references where each combination first appeared.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Costa (1975:105–106).
  2. ^ Costa (1975:81).
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ a b c d Costa, C. (1980). "Novas espécies dos gêneros Ignelater e Opselater [(]Coleoptera, Elateridae, Pyrophorinae)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (in Portuguese). 33 (7): 157–164 of 157–176. doi:10.11606/0031-1049.1980.33.p157-176.
  5. ^ Fernández, I.; Lozada Piña, A. (2002). "Descripción de una especie nueva de Ignelater (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Pyrophorinae) de República Dominicana [Description of a new species of Ignelater (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Pyrophorinae) from the Dominican Republic]". Avicennia (in Spanish). 15: 73–76.
  6. ^ a b Fernández, I.; Lozada Piña, A. (1998). "Descripción de dos nuevas especies de Ignelater (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Pyrophorinae) de Cuba [Description of two new species of Ignelater (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Pyrophorinae) of Cuba]". Avicennia (in Spanish). 8/9: 57–60.
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