Eropterus Explained

Eropterus is a genus of net-winged beetles in the family Lycidae. There are about 10 described species in Eropterus.

Species

These 10 species belong to the genus Eropterus:

• Eropterus arculus Green, 1951
• Eropterus aritai (Sato & Ohbayashi, 1968)
• Eropterus bilineatus Green, 1951
• Eropterus flavipennis (Nakane, 1969)
• Eropterus glebulus
• Eropterus masumotoi Matsudai, 2011
• Eropterus ohkurai Matsuda
• Eropterus rectus Green, 1951
• Eropterus taiwanus Matsuda
• Eropterus trilineatus (Melsheimer, 1846)

Further reading

• The Lycidae of the United States and Canada. III. The tribe Platerodini (in part) (Coleoptera). 1951. Green . John Wagener. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 77. 1. 1–20. 25077624.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. 2007. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-8788757675.