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''Calopteron'' is a genus of
''Calopteron'' is a genus of net-winged beetle
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 ...
s in the family Lycidae
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 ...
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They are toxic and have aposematic
Aposematism is the Advertising in biology, advertising by an animal, whether terrestrial or marine, to potential predation, predators that it is not worth attacking or eating. This unprofitability may consist of any defenses which make the pr ...
coloration. Some species of moths are mimics ('' Lycomorpha pholus'', '' Pyromorpha dimidiata'').
There are about 13 described species in ''Calopteron''.Species
These 13 species belong to the genus ''Calopteron'': * ''Calopteron anxium'' Bourgeois, 1879 * ''Calopteron cyanipenne'' Pic, 1922 * '' Calopteron discrepans'' (Newman, 1838) (banded net-winged beetle) * ''Calopteron leovazquezae'' Zaragoza-Caballero, 1996 * ''Calopteron megalopteron'' LeConte, 1861 * ''Calopteron quadraticollle'' Taschenberg, 1874 * '' Calopteron reticulatum'' (Fabricius, 1775) (banded net-wing) * ''Calopteron scenicum'' Bourgeois, 1889 * ''Calopteron serratum'' (L., 1758) * '' Calopteron terminale'' (Say, 1823) (end band net-wing) * ''Calopteron terminatum'' Latreille, 1833 * ''Calopteron tricolor'' Olivier, 1790 * ''Calopteron tropicum'' (L., 1764)References
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* Lycidae Articles created by Qbugbot {{lycidae-stub