Opselater lucens

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 lucens

Name

Opselater lucens (Illiger, 1807).

Synonymy

• Elater lucens Illiger, 1807: 150.
  • Type locality: BRAZIL. Bahia.
  • Lectotype: ZMB n^o 17136 (female ♀; Gomes); fide Costa, 1980: 168.
  • Paralectotype: ZMB n^o 17136 (female ♀; Gomes).
• Elater pyrophanus Illiger, 1807: 149, pro parte. Synonymy in Costa, 1975: 104.
• Pyrophorus illuminans Germar, 1841: 30, pro parte. Synonymy in Costa, 1975: 104.
  • Type locality: BRAZIL.
  • Type: ZMB [Mus. Berol.].
• Pyrophorus lucens (Illiger, 1807); Germar, 1841: 34. New combination.
• Pyrophorus lychniferus Germar, 1841: 32, pro parte. Synonymy in Costa, 1980: 167.
  • Type locality: BRAZIL.
  • Lectotype: "Mus. Winth."
• Pyrophorus obscuratus Germar, 1841: 23. Synonymy in Costa, 1975: 104.
  • Type locality: BRAZIL.
  • Type: ZMB [Mus. Berol.].
• Pyrophorus fulvotomentosus Blanchard, 1843: 139. Synonymy in Costa, 1975: 104.
  • Type locality: ARGENTINA. Province de Corrientes.
  • Type: (d’Orbigny)
• Pyrophorus rufofuscus Sturm, 1843: 67, nom. nud. Synonymy in Costa, 1975: 104.
• Opselater lucens (Illiger, 1807); Costa, 1975: 104. New combination.

References

Primary references

• Blanchard, É. & Brullé, A. 1837–1843. Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la République Orientale de l'Uruguay, la République Argentine, la Patagonie, la République du Chili, la République de Bolivia, la République du Pérou), exécute pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833 par Alcide D'Orbigny. Insectes Coléoptères pp. 222. Paris: P. Bertrand ; Strasbourg: Veuve Levrault. (French) BHL. Reference page. 
• 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.  [see pages 167–168]
• [Germar, E.F.] 1841. Beiträge zu einer Monographie der Gattung Pyrophorus Illig. Zeitschrift für die Entomologie 3: 1–76. (German) BHL. Reference page. 
• Illiger, K. 1807. Monographie der Elateren mit leuchtenden flecken auf dem Halsschilde. Der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin Magazin für die neuesten Entdeckungen in der gesammten Naturkunde 1: 141–151. (German) SUB. Reference page. 
• Sturm, J. 1843. Catalog der Kaefer-Sammlung von Jacob Sturm. J. Sturm, Nürnberg, 386 pp. 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 212–214]

Links

• Opselater lucens – Taxon details on Index to Organism Names (ION). Accessed: 6 October 2024.
• Opselater lucens – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG). Accessed: 6 October 2024.