Pyrophorus avunculus

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: Pyrophorus
Species: Pyrophorus avunculus

Name

Pyrophorus avunculus Costa, 1972.

Type locality: PANAMÁ. Bocas del Toro: Potrerillos.

Holotypus: CAS [CASTYPE11609^(GBIF)] (male ♂, January 1934; Coll. Van Dyke, D.V. Brown col.).

References

Primary references

• Costa, C. 1972. Gênero Pyrophorus. 6. Redescrição de P. tuberculifer Eschscholtz, P. phosphorescens Castelnau e descrição de quatorze espécies novas (Col., Elateridae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 25(21): 199–227. (Portuguese) DOI: 10.11606/0031-1049.1972.25.p199-227. ResearchGate . Reference page.  [see pages 214–215]

Additional 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.  [see page 112]

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Pyrophorus. Accessed: 2024 September 25.
• Pyrophorus avunculus – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG). Accessed: 25 September 2024.