Pyrophorus

When we were at Bahia, an elater or beetle (Pyrophorus luminosus, Illig.) seemed the most common luminous insect.

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

When we were at Bahia, an elater or beetle (Pyrophorus luminosus, Illig.) seemed the most common luminous insect.

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

When we were at Bahia, an elater or beetle (Pyrophorus luminosus, Illig.) seemed the most common luminous insect.

Chapter II 1909

The Pyrophorus is only found in the sub-tropical portion of the Argentine country, and I have never met with it.

The Naturalist in La Plata 1881

About the habits of Pyrophorus, the large tropical firefly which has the seat of its luminosity on the upper surface of the thorax, nothing definite appears to be known; but it has been said that this instinct is altogether nocturnal.

The Naturalist in La Plata 1881

It is the elater, or still more scientifically, the _Pyrophorus noctilucus_.

On the Banks of the Amazon William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

[Footnote 4: The _Pyrophorus noctilucus_, or "cucujo," found also in

The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America James Orton 1853

When we were at Bahia, an elater or beetle (Pyrophorus luminosus,

The Voyage of the Beagle Charles Darwin 1845