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Opselater
Opselater is a genus of click beetle (family Elateridae). They are one of several genera in the tribe Pyrophorini, all of which are bioluminescent. This genus was established by Cleide Costa in 1975. After a revision of the genus by Simone Policena Rosa , she stated some members of this genus are polyphyletic with Lygelater bifossulatus (Candèze, 1865), which discouraged her from establishing any new genus in this part of Pyrophorini due to alternative resolutions and ambiguity.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Opselater succinus
speciesOpselater succinus
Opselater lucens
speciesOpselater lucens
Opselater melanurus
speciesOpselater melanurus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 922545.