Photophorus bakewelli

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: Photophorus
Species: Photophorus bakewelli

Name

Photophorus bakewelli Candèze, 1863. [as Bakewellii]

Type locality: Nouvelles-Hébrides [= VANUATU].

Lectotypus: BM drawer 106, 1st of 2 (male ♂, 25 mm); designated by Van Zwaluwenburg, 1959: 400.

References

Primary references

• Candèze, E. 1863. Monographie des Élatérides. Tome Quatrième. Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège 17: 1–534, 6 plates. BHL Reference page.  [see pages 74–75]
• Van Zwaluwenburg, R.H. 1960[1959]. Some type designations, with notes on Pacific Elateridae (Coleoptera). Pacific Insects 1(4): 347–414. PDF. Reference page. 

Links

• Photophorus blakewellii – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG). Accessed: 30 September 2024.