Collops (beetle) explained

Collops is a genus of soft-winged flower beetles in the family Melyridae. There are more than 30 described species in Collops.

Species

These 38 species belong to the genus Collops:

• Collops arizonensis Marshall
• Collops balteatus (red cross beetle)
• Collops bipunctatus (Say, 1823) (two-spotted melyrid)
• Collops blandus
• Collops cribrosus LeConte, 1852
• Collops crusoe
• Collops discretus Fall, 1912
• Collops dux Fall, 1912
• Collops eximius
• Collops flavicinctus
• Collops grandis
• Collops hirtellus LeConte, 1876
• Collops histrio
• Collops insulatus
• Collops knulli
• Collops limbellus
• Collops marginellus
• Collops marginicollis
• Collops necopinus
• Collops nigriceps (black-headed melyrid)
• Collops nigritus Schaeffer
• Collops pallipes
• Collops parvus Schaeffer
• Collops punctatus
• Collops punctulatus
• Collops quadriguttatus
• Collops quadrimaculatus (Fabricius, 1798) (four-spotted collops)
• Collops reflexus
• Collops simplex
• Collops sublimbatus Schaeffer
• Collops tibialis Schaeffer, 1912
• Collops tricolor (Say, 1823)
• Collops versatilis Fall, 1912
• Collops vicarius
• Collops vittatus (Say, 1823) (melyrid beetle)
• † Collops desuetus Wickham, 1914
• † Collops extrusus Wickham, 1914
• † Collops priscus Wickham, 1914

Further reading

• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. 2007. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-8788757675.