Pyrophorini

The Pyrophorini are a New World taxonomic tribe within the Elateridae (click beetle) subfamily Agrypninae.^[1] Pyrophorini is a tribe of bioluminescent beetles, and includes such genera as Pyrophorus and Ignelater.

Pyrophorini
Ignelater luminosus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Elateridae
Subfamily:	Agrypninae
Tribe:	Pyrophorini Candèze, 1863

It is believed to be monophyletic.

The tribe Anaissini is very closely related to the Pyrophorini (it includes species formerly placed in Pyrophorini); the latter is exclusively bioluminescent, while the former has only some species that are known to be bioluminescent.^[2] Another bioluminescent lineage is Campyloxenus pyrothorax (from Chile) in the related monotypic subfamily Campyloxeninae. The Sinopyrophoridae were thought to represent the first bioluminescent elaterids known from Asia, but actually are a newly-recognized bioluminescent beetle family.^[3][4]

Genera

• Cryptolampros Costa, 1975
• Deilelater Costa, 1975
• Fulgeochlizus Costa, 1975
• Hapsodrilus Costa, 1975
• Hifo Candèze, 1882
• Hifoides Schwarz, 1906
• Hypsiophthalmus Latreille, 1834
• Ignelater Costa, 1975
• Lygelater Costa, 1975
• Metapyrophorus Rosa & Costa, 2009
• Noxlumenes Costa, 1975
• Nyctophyxis Costa, 1975
• Opselater Costa, 1975
• Phanophorus Solier, 1851
• Photophorus Candèze, 1863
• Ptesimopsia Costa, 1975
• Pyrearinus Costa, 1975
• Pyrophorus Billberg, 1820
• Pyroptesis Costa, 1975
• Sooporanga Costa, 1975
• Vesperelater Costa, 1975