Photophorus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elateroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata 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:
Species: P. bakewelli – P. jansoni

Source(s) of checklist:
Van Zwaluwenburg, R.H. 1960[1959]. Some type designations, with notes on Pacific Elateridae (Coleoptera). Pacific Insects 1(4): 347–414. PDF. Reference page. [see pages 400–401]

Photophorus Candèze, 1863.

Type species: Photophorus jansoni Candèze, 1863 [type by subsequent designation, vide Hyslop, 1921: 664]

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 page 72]
Hyslop, J.A. 1921. Genotypes of the elaterid beetles of the world. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 58(2353): 621–680. DOI: 10.5479/si.00963801.2353.621 . BHL. Reference page.

Kundrata, R., Kubaczkova, M., Prosvirov, A.S., Douglas, H.B., Fojtikova, A., Costa, C., Bousquet, Y., Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A. & Bouchard, P. 2019. World catalogue of the genus-group names in Elateridae (Insecta, Coleoptera). Part I: Agrypninae, Campyloxeninae, Hemiopinae, Lissominae, Oestodinae, Parablacinae, Physodactylinae, Pityobiinae, Subprotelaterinae, Tetralobinae. ZooKeys 839: 83–154. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.839.33279 . Reference page. [see page 120]
Van Zwaluwenburg, R.H. 1960[1959]. Some type designations, with notes on Pacific Elateridae (Coleoptera). Pacific Insects 1(4): 347–414. PDF. Reference page. [see pages 400–401]

Photophorus – Taxon details on Index to Organism Names (ION). Accessed: 30 September 2024.
Photophorus – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG). Accessed: 30 September 2024.