Pyrearinus candelarius is a species of click beetle (family Elateridae).
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| Pyrearinus candelarius from Argentina. Mounted specimen | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Elateridae |
| Subfamily: | Agrypninae |
| Tribe: | Pyrophorini |
| Genus: | Pyrearinus |
| Species: | P. candelarius
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| Binomial name | |
| Pyrearinus candelarius (Germar, 1841)
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Description
editThe 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
editReferences
edit- 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
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