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| Pyrearinus candelarius | |
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| Mounted specimens from Argentina | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Family: | Elateridae |
| Tribe: | Pyrophorini |
| Genus: | Pyrearinus |
| Species: | P. candelarius |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyrearinus candelarius (Germar, 1841) | |
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Pyrearinus candelarius is a species of click beetle in the family Elateridae.
Description
[edit]The basic coloration is dark brown. The eyes are large and the pronotum is yellowish or pale brown, with a blackish area in the middle and small backward-pointing teeth. These beetles are bioluminescent by means of two luminescent light organs at the posterior corners of the prothorax, emitting green light, and a large abdominal area on the first segment, emitting yellow light. They emit light continuously and do not flash. The eggs and pupae are also bioluminescent.
Distribution
[edit]This species can be found in Argentina and Brazil.
References
[edit]- Elateridae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
- Universal Biological Indexer
- Elateridae de Argentina
- Cleide Costa Systematics and evolution of the tribes Pyrophorini and Heligmini
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