Ignelater

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Ignelater
Pyrophorus luminosus.JPG
Ignelater luminosus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Elateridae
Subfamily: Agrypninae
Tribe: Pyrophorini
Genus: Ignelater
Costa, 1975
Species

10; see text

Ignelater is a genus of click beetle (family Elateridae). They are one of several genera in the tribe Pyrophorini, all of which are bioluminescent. Most of the species were formerly in the genus Pyrophorus.[1]

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  1. ^ Rosa, Simone Policena. (2010) New species of Ignelater Costa (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Pyrophorini). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 50(29): 445-449. https://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0031-10492010002900001

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