Pyrophorini
| Pyrophorini | |
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| Ignelater luminosus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Elateridae |
| Subfamily: | Agrypninae |
| Tribe: | Pyrophorini |
The Pyrophorini form a taxonomic tribe within the Elateridae (click beetle) subfamily Agrypninae.[clarification needed] Pyrophorini is a tribe of bioluminescent beetles, and includes such genera as Pyrophorus and Ignelater.
It is believed to be monophyletic.
The tribe Heligmini is very closely related to the Pyrophorini; the latter is exclusively bioluminescent, while the former has a complete absence of adult light organs and is not known to be bioluminescent.
Pyrophorini is not the exclusive tribe of bioluminescent click beetles. Tribe Euplinthini also contains bioluminescent species, as well as Campyloxenus pyrothorax (Chile) in the related subfamily Campyloxeninae.
Subtribes:
- Nyctophyxina (Earliest diverged subtribe)
- Hapsodrilina (2nd earlier diverged subtribe)
- Pyrophorina (Large subtribe that contains most of the Pyrophorini genera.)
References
- Costa, Cleide (1975). "Systematics and evolution of the tribes Pyrophorini and Heligmini, with description of Campyloxeninae, new subfamily (Coleoptera, Elateridae)". Arquivos de Zoologia. 26 (2): 49. doi:10.11606/issn.2176-7793.v26i2p49-190.
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