Opselater helvolus

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: Opselater helvolus

Name

Opselater helvolus (Germar, 1841).

Synonymy

• Pyrophorus helvolus Germar, 1841: 28.
  • Type locality: BRAZIL. Bahia.
  • Lectotype: ZMB n^o 43385 (male ♂); designated by Costa, 1980: 166.
• Pyrophorus pyralis Germar, 1841: 35. Synonymy in Costa, 1975: 104.
  • Type locality: "Americae Meridionalis insulis."
  • Syntypes: ZMB.
• Opselater helvolus (Germar, 1841); Costa, 1975: 104. New combination.

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. 
• 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. 
• [Germar, E.F.] 1841. Beiträge zu einer Monographie der Gattung Pyrophorus Illig. Zeitschrift für die Entomologie 3: 1–76. (German) BHL. Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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.  [see pages 210 & 212]

Links

• Opselater helvolus – Taxon details on Index to Organism Names (ION). Accessed: 29 September 2024.
• Opselater helvolus – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG). Accessed: 29 September 2024.