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Headlight Beetles
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Headlight Beetles

Pyrophorini

The Pyrophorini form a taxonomic tribe within the Elateridae (click beetle) subfamily Agrypninae. Pyrophorini is a tribe of bioluminescent beetles, and includes such genera as Pyrophorus and Ignelater.

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24 branches of this tribe, most-observed first

Fire Click Beetles

genusPyrophorus

Glowing Click Beetles

genusDeilelater

Ignelater

genusIgnelater

Pyrearinus

genusPyrearinus

Phanophorus

genusPhanophorus

Ptesimopsia

genusPtesimopsia

Lygelater

genusLygelater

Vesperelater

genusVesperelater

Peralampes

genusPeralampes

Alampoides

genusAlampoides

Nyctophyxis

genusNyctophyxis

Hypsiophthalmus

genusHypsiophthalmus

Pyroptesis

genusPyroptesis

Opselater

genusOpselater

Fulgeochlizus

genusFulgeochlizus

Meroplinthus

genusMeroplinthus

Photophorus

genusPhotophorus

Paraphileus

genusParaphileus

Coctilelater

genusCoctilelater

Pyrischius

genusPyrischius

Sooporanga

genusSooporanga

Cleidecosta

genusCleidecosta

Hapsodrilus

genusHapsodrilus

Noxlumenes

genusNoxlumenes

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