Lycinae Explained

Lycinae is a subfamily of net-winged beetles in the family Lycidae.

Tribes and Genera

BioLib[1] includes 11 tribes:

Calochromini

Auth.: Lacordaire, 1857 - sometimes placed as subfamily Calochrominae

  1. Calochromus Guérin-Ménéville, 1833
  2. Caloptognatha Green, 1954
  3. Dumbrellia Lea, 1909
  4. Lucaina Dugès, 1879
  5. Lygistopterus Mulsant, 1838
  6. Macrolygistopterus Pic, 1929

Calopterini

Auth.: Green, 1949; poss. incomplete genera:

subtribe Acroleptina Bocáková, 2005
subtribe Calopterina Green, 1949
  1. Calopteron Laporte, 1838
subtribe not determined:
  1. Caenia Newman, 1838
  2. Ceratopriomorphus Pic, 1922
  3. Emplectus Erichson, 1847
  4. Idiopteron Bourgeois, 1905
  5. Leptoceletes Green, 1952
  6. Metapteron Bourgeois, 1905
  7. Xenolycus Ferreira & Silveira, 2020

Conderini

Auth.: Bocak & Bocakova, 1990

  1. Conderis Waterhouse, 1879
  2. Xylobanellus Kleine, 1930

Dihammatini

Auth.: Bocák & Bocáková, 2008

  1. Dihammatus Waterhouse 1879

Eurrhacini

Auth.: Bocakova, 2005

  1. Cladocalon Nascimento & Bocakova, 2022
  2. Currhaeus Nascimento, Bressan & Bocakova, 2020

Lycini

Auth.: Laporte de Castelnau, 1836; selected genera:

Lyponiini

Auth.: Bocak & Bocakova, 1990

  1. Lyponia Waterhouse, 1878

Macrolycini

Auth.: Kleine, 1929

  1. Calcaeron Kazantsev, 2004
  2. Cerceros Kraatz, 1879
  3. Macrolycus Waterhouse, 1878

Melanerotini

Auth.: Kazantsev, 2010

  1. Melaneros Fairmaire, 1879
  2. Polyneros Kazantsev, 2009

Metriorrhynchini

Auth.: Kleine, 1926

subtribe Hemiconderinina Bocák & Bocáková, 1990
subtribe Metriorrhynchina Kleine, 1926
  1. Cautires Waterhouse, 1879
  2. Metriorrhynchus Gemminger & Harold, 1869
  3. Xylobanus Waterhouse, 1879
subtribe Trichalina Kleine, 1929
  1. Trichalus Waterhouse, 1877
unplaced genera
  1. Achras Waterhouse, 1879
  2. Broxylus Waterhouse, 1879
  3. Cladophorus Guérin-Méneville, 1830
  4. Enylus Waterhouse, 1879
  5. Flabellotrichalus Pic, 1921
  6. Mangkutanus Kubecek, Dvorak & Bocak, 2011
  7. Porrostoma Laporte, 1838
  8. Procautires Kleine, 1925
  9. Stadenus Waterhouse, 1879
  10. Synchonnus Waterhouse, 1879
  11. Wakarumbia Bocak, 1999

Platerodini

Auth.: Kleine, 1929

  1. Lyponia Waterhouse, 1878
  2. Melaneros Fairmaire, 1877
  3. Plateros Bourgeois, 1879
  4. Teroplas Gorham, 1884

Thonalmini

Auth.: Kleine, 1933

  1. Thonalmus Bourgeois, 1883

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id9548/ BioLib.cz
  2. Bouchard P, et al. (2011) Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys (88) – Apr 2011.