The Pyrophorini are a

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taxonomic tribe within the

Elateridae Elateridae or click beetles (or "typical click beetles" to distinguish them from the related families Cerophytidae and Eucnemidae, which are also capable of clicking) are a family of beetles. Other names include elaters, snapping beetles, sp ...

(click beetle) subfamily

Agrypninae Agrypninae is a subfamily of click beetles in the family Elateridae. There are at least 130 genera and more than 430 described species in Agrypninae. Genera These genera are members of the subfamily Agrypninae: * '' Acrocryptus'' Candèze, 18 ...

.Kundrata R, Kubaczkova M, Prosvirov AS, Douglas HB, Fojtikova A, Costa C, Bousquet Y, Alonso-Zarazaga MA, Bouchard P (2019) World catalogue of the genus-group names in Elateridae (Insecta, Coleoptera). Part I: Agrypninae, Campyloxeninae, Hemiopinae, Lissominae, Oestodinae, Parablacinae, Physodactylinae, Pityobiinae, Subprotelaterinae, Tetralobinae. ZooKeys 839: 83–154. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.839.33279 Pyrophorini is a tribe of

bioluminescent Bioluminescence is the production and emission of light by living organisms. It is a form of chemiluminescence. Bioluminescence occurs widely in marine vertebrates and invertebrates, as well as in some fungi, microorganisms including some b ...

beetles, and includes such genera as '' Pyrophorus'' and ''

Ignelater ''Ignelater'' is a genus of click beetle (family Elateridae). They are one of several genera in the tribe Pyrophorini, all of which are bioluminescent Bioluminescence is the production and emission of light by living organisms. It is a f ...

''. 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. Another bioluminescent lineage is '' Campyloxenus pyrothorax'' (from Chile) in the related monotypic subfamily

Campyloxeninae ''Campyloxenus'' is a bioluminescent genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae Elateridae or click beetles (or "typical click beetles" to distinguish them from the related families Cerophytidae and Eucnemidae, which are also capable ...

. The Sinopyrophoridae were thought to represent the first bioluminescent click beetles known from Asia, but actually represent an distantly related novel bioluminescent beetle family.

Genera

*'' Cryptolampros'' Costa, 1975 *'' Deilelater'' Costa, 1975 *'' Fulgeochlizus'' Costa, 1975 *'' Hapsodrilus'' Costa, 1975 *'' Hifo'' Candèze, 1882 *'' Hifoides'' Schwarz, 1906 *'' Hypsiophthalmus'' Latreille, 1834 *''

'' 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

References

* Elateridae {{Elateridae-stub