Pyrearinus nictitans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elateroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Elateriformia Superfamilia: Elateroidea

Familia: Elateridae
Subfamilia: Agrypninae
Tribus: Pyrophorini
Subtribus: Pyrophorina
Genus: Pyrearinus
Species: Pyrearinus nictitans

Name

Pyrearinus nictitans (Illiger, 1807).

Synonymy

• Elater nictitans Illiger, 1807.
  • Type locality: BRAZIL. Pará.
  • Lectotypus: ZMB (male ♂; Sieber col., n^o 17167); designated by Costa, 1978: 215.
• Pyrophorus nictitans (Illiger, 1807); Germar, 1841: 60. New combination.
• Pyrearinus nictitans (Illiger, 1807); Costa, 1975: 102. New combination.

References

Primary references

• Costa, C. 1975. Systematics and evolution of the tribes Pyrophorini and Heligmini, with description of Campyloxeninae, new subfamily (Coleoptera, Elateridae). Arquivos de Zoologia 26(2): 49–190. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2176-7793.v26i2p49-190 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Costa, C. 1978. Sistématica e Bionomia de Pyrearinus Costa, 1975 (Coleoptera, Elateridae). Arquivos de Zoologia 29(4): 185–236. (Portuguese) DOI: 10.11606/issn.2176-7793.v29i4p185-236 . ResearchGate . Reference page.  [see page 215]
• [Germar, E.F.] 1841. Beiträge zu einer Monographie der Gattung Pyrophorus Illig. Zeitschrift für die Entomologie 3: 1–76. (German) BHL. Reference page. 
• Illiger, K. 1807. Monographie der Elateren mit leuchtenden flecken auf dem Halsschilde. Der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin Magazin für die neuesten Entdeckungen in der gesammten Naturkunde 1: 141–151. (German) SUB. Reference page.  [see pages 146–147]

Links

• Pyrearinus nictitans – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG). Accessed: 24 September 2024.
• MNHN & OFB (ed.). 2003–2024. Fiche de Pyrearinus nictitans (Illiger, 1807). Inventaire National du Patrimoine Naturel (INPN). Accessed: 24 September 2024.