Heligmini
The Heligmini form a deprecated taxonomic tribe within the Elateridae (click beetle) subfamily Agrypninae. The tribe was renamed 'Cleidecostini' in 2002.[1] The taxa was considered a subtribe (Cleidecostina) of the tribe Euplinthini in 2011.[2] The taxa Heligmini is very closely related to the currently accepted tribe Pyrophorini; the latter is exclusively bioluminescent with adult light organs, while the former have not even the slightest trace of adult light organs. At least once species of Heligmini larvae have light organs and are bioluminescent.[3] The taxa is thought to be monophyletic, and Heligmini and Pyrophorini together are thought to form a monophyletic group.
| Heligmini | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Elateridae |
| Subfamily: | Agrypninae |
| Tribe: | Heligmini Costa, 1975 |
This group probably occupied a large area in the past, but extant described populations are now constrained to small areas in Mexico, Suriname & French Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay.
Subtribes:
- Heligmina
- Alampina (Contains the only confirmed bioluminescent species (Alampoides alychnus) in this taxa)[3]
- Euplinthina
- Compsoplinthina
References
- Johnson, P.J. (2002). "Lectotype designations for Elateridae (Coleoptera) described by George C. Champion in the Biologia Centrali-Americana". Dugesiana. 9: 15-46.
- Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel; Lawrence, John; Lyal, Christopher; Newton, Alfred; Reid, Chris; Schmitt, Michael; Slipinski, Adam; Smith, Andrew (2011). "Family-Group Names In Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys. 88: 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
- Rosa, Simone Policena; Costa, Cleide (2013). "Description of the larva of Alampoides alychnus (Kirsch, 1873), the first known species with bioluminescent immatures in Euplinthini (Elateridae, Agrypninae)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo). 53 (22): 301–307. doi:10.1590/S0031-10492013002200001. ISSN 0031-1049.
- Costa, Cleide (1975). "Systematics and evolution of the tribes Pyrophorini and Heligmini, with description of Campyloxeninae, new subfamily (Coleoptera, Elateridae)". Arquivos de Zoologia. 26 (2): 49. doi:10.11606/issn.2176-7793.v26i2p49-190.