Sinopyrophorus
Sinopyrophorus is a genus of bioluminescent click beetle in the family Elateridae, and is the sole member of the subfamily Sinopyrophorinae. The subfamily represents the only bioluminescent click beetles known from Asia. The genus contains a single species, Sinopyrophorus schimmeli, which was described in 2019.[1]
| Sinopyrophorus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Elateridae |
| Subfamily: | Sinopyrophorinae |
| Genus: | Sinopyrophorus Bi, 2019 |
| Species: | S. schimmeli |
| Binomial name | |
| Sinopyrophorus schimmeli Bi, 2019 | |
Sinopyrophorus is only distantly related to other bioluminescent click beetles, such as the Pyrophorini. It is therefore believed that Sinopyrophorus represents an independent origin of bioluminescent within click beetles.[1]
References
- Bi, Wen-Xuan; He, Jin-Wu; Chen, Chang-Chin; Kundrata, Robin; Li, Xue-Yan (2019-07-17). "Sinopyrophorinae, a new subfamily of Elateridae (Coleoptera, Elateroidea) with the first record of a luminous click beetle in Asia and evidence for multiple origins of bioluminescence in Elateridae". ZooKeys. Pensoft Publishers (864): 79–97. doi:10.3897/zookeys.864.26689. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 6656784. PMID 31363346.
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