Leptoceletes Explained

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

Species

These five species belong to the genus Leptoceletes:

• Celetes pectinifer Kiesenwetter, 1874
• Celetes quadricollis Kiesenwetter, 1874
• Leptoceletes basalis (LeConte, 1847)
• Leptoceletes dehiscens (Green, 1952)
• Leptoceletes pallidus (Green, 1952)

Further reading

• The Lycidae of the United States and Canada. IV. The tribe Calopterini (Coleoptera). 1952. Green . John Wagener. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 78. 1. 1–19. 25077637.
• Leptoceletes Green (1952) a Replacement Name for Celetes Newman (1838) [Not Celetes Schönherr (1836)] (Coleoptera: Lycidae, Curculionidae). 2003. Miller . Richard Stuart. The Coleopterists Bulletin. 57. 2. 146–148. 10.1649/545. 4009709.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. 2007. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-8788757675.