Pyrearinus candelarius

Pyrearinus candelarius is a species of click beetle (family Elateridae).

Pyrearinus candelarius
Pyrearinus candelarius from Argentina. Mounted specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Elateridae
Subfamily:	Agrypninae
Tribe:	Pyrophorini
Genus:	Pyrearinus
Species:	P. candelarius
Binomial name
Pyrearinus candelarius (Germar, 1841)
Synonyms
Pyrophorus candelarius Germar, 1841 Pyrophorus diffusus Germar, 1841

Description

The basic coloration is dark brown. The eyes are large and the pronotum is yellowish or pale brown, with a blackish area in the middle and small backward-pointing teeth. These beetles are bioluminescent by means of two luminescent light organs at the posterior corners of the prothorax, emitting green light, and a large abdominal area on the first segment, emitting yellow light. They do not flash, they emit light continuously. Eggs and pupae are bioluminescent too.

Distribution

This species can be found in Argentina and Brazil.

References

• Elateridae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
• Universal Biological Indexer
• Elateridae de Argentina
• Cleide Costa Systematics and evolution of the tribes Pyrophorini and Heligmini