Vesperelater

Familia: Elateridae
Subfamilia: Agrypninae
Tribus: Pyrophorini
Subtribus: Pyrophorina
Genus:
Accepted Species: V. arizonicus – V. chamelai – V. davidsoni – V. gemmiferus – V. guerreroi – V. occidentalis – V. ornamentum – V. rawlinsi – V. saltinii – V. sirius (formerly under Deilelater)

Vesperelater Costa, 1975.

• Type species: Pyrophorus ornamentum Germar, 1841 [≡ Vesperelater ornamentum (Germar, 1841)]

• Costa, C. 1975. Systematics and evolution of the tribes Pyrophorini and Heligmini, with description of Campyloxeninae, new subfamily (Coleoptera, Elateridae). Arquivos de Zoologia 26(2): 49–190. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2176-7793.v26i2p49-190 . ResearchGate . Reference page.  [see pages 109–110]

• 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]
• Riese, S. 2012. Note sul genere neotropicale Vesperelater Costa, 1975 con descrizione di cinque nuove specie e chiavi dicotomiche per le specie note (Coleoptera Elateridae) [Notes about the Neotropical genus Vesperelater Costa, 1975, with description of five new species and keys to the known species (Coleoptera Elateridae Pyrophorinae)]. (Italian) Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 144(3): 117–124. DOI: 10.4081/BollettinoSEI.2012.117 . Reference page. 

• Vesperelater – Taxon details on Index to Organism Names (ION). Accessed: 1 October 2024.
• Vesperelater – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG). Accessed: 26 September 2024.

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