Deilelater

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Deilelater
Deilelater physoderus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Family: Elateridae
Subfamily: Agrypninae
Tribe: Pyrophorini
Genus: Deilelater
Costa, 1975
Type species
Pyrophorus physoderus[1]
Germar, 1841
Species

7; see text

Deilelater is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae. They are one of several genera in the tribe Pyrophorini, all of which are bioluminescent.[2] This genus was established by Cleide Costa [species] in 1975, with 7 species split from Pyrophorus.[1]

Description

Male genitalia of several species under the tribe Pyrophorini;
top-middle & top-right: Deilelater radians; bottom-left: D. stella; bottom-middle: D. mexicanus; bottom-right: D. physoderus[3]

Generally very small. Reddish-brown. Pubescence short, not very dense, yellowish. Eyes slightly convex. Front narrow, not prominent. Antennae reaching hind angles of prothorax; second and third segments subequal; the two together of the same length as the fourth. Prothorax more or less convex; luminous spots lateral, flat or slightly convex, visible also in the proepisternum. Abdominal luminous organ small and lamellate. Elytra sides subparallel, rounded to apices. Male genitalia, median lobe abruptly pointed near apex, with small cuticular scales. Female genitalia: bursa copulatrix spiraled and with long spines; elongate sclerotized plates in the median oviduct.[1]

Vesperelater, another genus of the tribe Pyrophorini occurring in western Mexico and Southwestern United States, is distinguished from Deilelater in male genitalia with lateral lobes with well-developed subapical spines.[4]

Range

Species of this genus occur in Southeastern United States, Mexico, Central America and South America (western side).[5]

List of species

All but D. ustulatus were transferred from Pyrophorus by Costa (1975) (with type localities given).

Excluded taxa

References

  1. ^ a b c Costa (1975:108–109).
  2. ^ Costa (1975:81).
  3. ^ Costa (1975:140).
  4. ^ Costa (1975:94, 96).
  5. ^ Costa (1975:94).
  6. ^ Van Zwaluwenberg, R.H. (1936). "A New Species of Pyrophorus (Coleoptera, fam. Elateridae) From Guatemala, Recently Introduced into Hawaii". Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society. 9 (2): 231–234. hdl:10125/15918.
  7. ^ Costa, C. (1983). "Revisão do gênero Deilelater Costa, 1975 (Elateridae, Pyrophorinae), com a descrição de nova espécie". Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. 27 (2): 115–124.
  8. ^ Riese, S. (2012). "Note sul genere neotropicale Vesperelater Costa, 1975 con descrizione di cinque nuove specie e chiavi dicotomiche per le specie note (Coleoptera Elateridae) [Notes about the Neotropical genus Vesperelater Costa, 1975, with description of five new species and keys to the known species (Coleoptera Elateridae Pyrophorinae)]". Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana (in Italian). 144 (3): 117 of 117–124. doi:10.4081/BollettinoSEI.2012.117.

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