Lycidae Explained
The Lycidae are a family in the beetle order Coleoptera, members of which are commonly called net-winged beetles. These beetles are cosmopolitan, being found in Nearctic, Palearctic, Neotropical, Afrotropical, Oriental, and Australian ecoregions.[1]
Description
Beetles of this family are elongated and usually found on flowers or stems. Adult males are about 10–15 mm in length, while females are a bit larger. The adults of some species are nectarivores, while some may have short adult lives during which they may not feed at all. The head is triangular and the antennae are long, thick, and serrated. Most of them are brick-red in colour. They are protected from predators by being toxic. The predaceous larvae grow under bark or in leaf litter.
Selected genera
These following genera belong to the family Lycidae:
- Acroleptus Bourgeois, 1886
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i c g- Brasilycus do Nascimento & Bocáková, 2010
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i c g b- Calcaeron Kazantsev, 2004
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i c g b- Caloptognatha Green, 1954
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g- Cladophorus Guérin-Méneville, 1830
g- Conderis Waterhouse, 1879
g- Cyrtopteron Bourgeois, 1905
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g- Diatrichalus Kleine, 1926
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i c g b- Dihammatus Waterhouse, 1879
g- Dilophotes Waterhouse, 1879
g- Ditoneces Waterhouse, 1879
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g- Electropteron Kazantsev, 2012
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g- Eniclases Waterhouse, 1879
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i c g b- Erotides Waterhouse, 1879
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g- Flabellodilophotes Pic, 1912
g- Flabellotrichalus Pic, 1921
g- Greenarus Kazantsev, 1995
g b- Haplobothris Bourgeois, 1879
g- Helcophorus Fairmaire, 1891
g- Hiekeolycus Winkler, 1987
g- Idiopteron Bourgeois, 1905
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i c g b- Leptotrichalus Kleine, 1925
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g- Lipernes Waterhouse, 1879
g- Lolodorfus Bocakova, 2014
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g- Lyropaeus Waterhouse, 1878
g- Macrolycus Waterhouse, 1878
g- Macrolygistopterus Pic, 1929
g- Melampyrus Waterhouse, 1879
g- Melaneros Fairmaire, 1879
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g- Mesopteron Bourgeois, 1905
g- Metanoeus Waterhouse, 1879
g- Metapteron Bourgeois, 1905
g- Metriorrhynchoides Kleine, 1926
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g- Ochinoeus Kubecek, Bray & Bocak, 2015[2]
g- Pietrzeniukia Winkler, 1987
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g- Propyropterus Nakane, 1968
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g- Protolopheros Kazantsev, 2013
g- Pseudacroleptus Pic, 1911
g- Pseudoplateros Green, 1951
g- Pseudosynchonnus Pic, 1922
g- Punicealis Kazantsev, 1990
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g- Scarelus Waterhouse, 1878
g- Sulabanus Dvorak & Bocak, 2007
g- Synchonnus Waterhouse, 1879
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g- Taphomimus Kasantsev, 1996
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g- Trichalus Waterhouse, 1877
g- Xylobanellus Kleine, 1930
g- Xylobanus Waterhouse, 1879
gData sources: i=ITIS, c=Catalogue of Life, g=GBIF, b=Bugguide.netExtinct genera
†Burmolycus Bocak et al. 2019 Burmese amber, Cenomanian
†Cretolycus Tihelka et al. 2019 Burmese amber, Cenomanian
†Electropteron Kazantsev 2012 Dominican amber, Miocene
†Miocaenia Wickham 1914 Florissant Formation, Eocene
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Notes and References
- Lawrence, J.F., Hastings, A.M., Dallwitz, M.J., Paine, T.A., and Zurcher, E.J. 2000 onwards. Elateriformia (Coleoptera): descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval for families and subfamilies. Version: 9 October 2005 http://delta-intkey.com/elateria/www/lyci.htm
- Kubecek. Bray. Bocak. Vaclav. Timothy C.. Ladislav. Molecular phylogeny of Metanoeina net-winged beetles identifies Ochinoeus, a new genus from China and Laos (Coleoptera: Lycidae). Zootaxa. 3955. 1. 113-122. 10.11646/zootaxa.3955.1.6. 25947840. 2015.