Opselater

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elateroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Elateriformia Superfamilia: Elateroidea

Familia: Elateridae
Subfamilia: Agrypninae
Tribus: Pyrophorini
Subtribus: Pyrophorina
Genus: Opselater
Species: O. costae – O. hebes – O. helvolus – O. lucens – O. melanurus – O. pyrophanus – O. quadraticollis – O. succinus

Source(s) of checklist:
Rosa, S.P. 2004. Revisão do gênero Opselater Costa (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Agrypninae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 48(2): 203–219. (Portuguese) DOI: 10.1590/S0085-56262004000200008 . Reference page.

Name

Opselater Costa, 1975.

• Type species: Elater pyrophanus Illiger, 1807 [≡ Opselater pyrophanus (Illiger, 1807)]

References

Primary references

• Costa, C. 1975. Systematics and evolution of the tribes Pyrophorini and Heligmini, with description of Campyloxeninae, new subfamily (Coleoptera, Elateridae). Arquivos de Zoologia 26(2): 49–190. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2176-7793.v26i2p49-190 . ResearchGate . Reference page.  [see pages 103–105]

Additional references

• Costa, C. 1980. Novas espécies dos gêneros Ignelater e Opselater [(]Coleoptera, Elateridae, Pyrophorinae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 33(7): 157–176. (Portuguese) DOI: 10.11606/0031-1049.1980.33.p157-176 ResearchGate . Reference page.  [see pages 164–172]
• Kundrata, R., Kubaczkova, M., Prosvirov, A.S., Douglas, H.B., Fojtikova, A., Costa, C., Bousquet, Y., Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A. & 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. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.839.33279 . Reference page.  [see page 119]
• Rosa, S.P. 2004. Revisão do gênero Opselater Costa (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Agrypninae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 48(2): 203–219. (Portuguese) DOI: 10.1590/S0085-56262004000200008 . Reference page. 

Links

• Opselater – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG). Accessed: 26 September 2024.