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Species Vesperelater arizonicus

Glowing Click - Vesperelater arizonicus Vesperelater arizonicus (Hyslop) - Vesperelater arizonicus - male Vesperelater arizonicus (Hyslop) - Vesperelater arizonicus - male Deilelater physoderus - Vesperelater arizonicus Bioluminescent Click Beetle - Vesperelater arizonicus Vesperelater arizonicus - male Vesperelater_arizonicus-Harshaw-AZ - Vesperelater arizonicus - male Arizona Beetle  - Vesperelater arizonicus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Elateroidea
Family Elateridae (Click Beetles)
Subfamily Agrypninae
Tribe Pyrophorini
Genus Vesperelater
Species arizonicus (Vesperelater arizonicus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Vesperelater arizonicus (Hyslop)
Orig. Comb: Pyrophorus arizonicus Hyslop, 1918
Numbers
1 sp. n. of Mex. (1)
Identification

Aedeagus with lateral spines.
Range
AZ-NM / Sonora, Mex. (2)