| Ignelater | |
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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 |
| Genus: | Ignelater Costa, 1975 |
| Type species | |
| Pyrophorus (Stilpnus) havaniensis[1] Laporte, 1840
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| Species | |
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10; see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ignelater is a genus of click beetle (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 in 1975.[1] Most of the species were formerly in the genus Pyrophorus.[3]
- ^ a b Costa (1975:105–106).
- ^ Costa (1975:81).
- ^ Rosa, S.P. (2010). "New species of Ignelater Costa (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Pyrophorini)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 50 (29): 445–449. doi:10.1590/S0031-10492010002900001.