Pyrophorini
Tribe of beetles
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The Pyrophorini are a New World taxonomic tribe within the Elateridae (click beetle) subfamily Agrypninae.[1] Pyrophorini is a tribe of bioluminescent beetles, and includes such genera as Pyrophorus and Ignelater.
| Pyrophorini | |
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| Ignelater luminosus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Family: | Elateridae |
| Subfamily: | Agrypninae |
| Tribe: | Pyrophorini Candèze, 1863 |
It is believed to be monophyletic.
The tribe Anaissini is very closely related to the Pyrophorini (it includes species formerly placed in Pyrophorini); the latter is exclusively bioluminescent, while the former has only some species that are known to be bioluminescent.[2] Another bioluminescent lineage is Campyloxenus pyrothorax (from Chile) in the related monotypic subfamily Campyloxeninae. The Sinopyrophoridae were thought to represent the first bioluminescent elaterids known from Asia, but actually are a newly-recognized bioluminescent beetle family.[3][4]
Genera
- Cryptolampros Costa, 1975
- Deilelater Costa, 1975
- Fulgeochlizus Costa, 1975
- Hapsodrilus Costa, 1975
- Hifo Candèze, 1882
- Hifoides Schwarz, 1906
- Hypsiophthalmus Latreille, 1834
- Ignelater Costa, 1975
- Lygelater Costa, 1975
- Metapyrophorus Rosa & Costa, 2009
- Noxlumenes Costa, 1975
- Nyctophyxis Costa, 1975
- Opselater Costa, 1975
- Phanophorus Solier, 1851
- Photophorus Candèze, 1863
- Ptesimopsia Costa, 1975
- Pyrearinus Costa, 1975
- Pyrophorus Billberg, 1820
- Pyroptesis Costa, 1975
- Sooporanga Costa, 1975
- Vesperelater Costa, 1975
