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.

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.

Although older literature reports the larvae to be predatory, the most common mode of feeding is probably microphagy on myxomycetes or metabolic products of fungi. Some Lycidae larvae might be found preying on soft larvae of Diptera or small molluscs.

Selected genera

These following genera belong to the family Lycidae:

* '' Acroleptus'' Bourgeois, 1886 ^g
* '' Adoceta'' Bourgeois, 1882 ^{i c g}
* '' Alyculus'' Kasantsev, 1999 ^g
* '' Benibotarus'' Kono, 1932 ^{i c g}
* '' Brasilycus'' do Nascimento & Bocáková, 2010 ^g
* '' Bulenides'' Waterhouse, 1879 ^g
* '' Caenia'' Newman, 1838 ^{i c g b}
* '' Calcaeron'' Kazantsev, 2004 ^g
* '' Calochromus'' Guérin Méneville, 1833 ^{i c g b}
* '' Calopteron'' Laporte, 1838 ^{i c g b}
* '' Caloptognatha'' Green, 1954 ^{i c g}
* '' Cartagonum'' Pic, 1922 ^g
* '' Cautires'' Waterhouse, 1879 ^g
* '' Ceratoprion'' Gorham, 1884 ^g
* '' Cessator'' Kazantsev, 2009 ^g
* '' Cladophorus'' Guérin-Méneville, 1830 ^g
* '' Conderis'' Waterhouse, 1879 ^g
* '' Cyrtopteron'' Bourgeois, 1905 ^g
* '' Dexoris'' Waterhouse, 1878 ^g
* '' Diatrichalus'' Kleine, 1926 ^g
* '' Dictyoptera'' Latreille, 1829 ^{i c g b}
* '' Dihammatus'' Waterhouse, 1879 ^g
* '' Dilophotes'' Waterhouse, 1879 ^g
* '' Ditoneces'' Waterhouse, 1879 ^g
* '' Duliticola'' Mjöberg, 1925 ^g
* '' Electropteron'' Kazantsev, 2012 ^g
* '' Emplectus'' Erichson, 1847 ^g
* '' Eniclases'' Waterhouse, 1879 ^g
* '' Eropterus'' Green, 1951 ^{i c g b}
* ''Eros'' Newman, 1838 ^{i c g b}
* '' Erotides'' Waterhouse, 1879 ^{g b}
* '' Falsocaenia'' Pic, 1922 ^g
* '' Falsocalleros'' Pic, 1933 ^{i c g}
* '' Falsotrichalus'' Pic, 1921 ^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 ^{i c g}
* '' Kolibacium'' Winkler, 1987 ^g
* '' Laterialis'' (Laterialis) ^g
* '' Leptoceletes'' Green, 1952 ^{i c g b}
* '' Leptotrichalus'' Kleine, 1925 ^g
* '' Libnetis'' Kleine, 1930 ^g
* '' Libnetisia'' Pic, 1921 ^g
* '' Libnetomorphus'' Pic, 1921 ^g
* '' Lipernes'' Waterhouse, 1879 ^g
* '' Lolodorfus'' Bocakova, 2014 ^g
* '' Lopheros'' Leconte, 1881 ^{i c g b}
* '' Lucaina'' Dugés, 1878 ^{i c g b}
* '' Lycomorphon'' Pic, 1922 ^g
* '' Lyconotus'' Green, 1949 ^{i c g b}
* '' Lycoprogentes'' Pic, 1915 ^g
* '' Lycostomus'' Motschulsky, 1861 ^g
* '' Lycus'' Fabricius, 1787 ^{i c g b}
* ''Lygistopterus'' Dejean, 1833 ^{i c g b}
* '' Lyponia'' Waterhouse, 1878 ^g
* '' Lyropaeus'' Waterhouse, 1878 ^g
* '' Macrolycus'' Waterhouse, 1878 ^g
* '' Macrolygistopterus'' Pic, 1929 ^g
* '' Melampyrus'' Waterhouse, 1879 ^g
* '' Melaneros'' Fairmaire, 1879 ^{i c g}
* '' Mesolycus'' Gorham, 1883 ^g
* '' Mesopteron'' Bourgeois, 1905 ^g
* '' Metanoeus'' Waterhouse, 1879 ^g
* '' Metapteron'' Bourgeois, 1905 ^g
* '' Metriorrhynchoides'' Kleine, 1926 ^g
* '' Metriorrhynchus'' Gemminger et Harold, 1869
* '' Neolyrium'' Kazantsev, 2005 ^g
* '' Ochinoeus'' Kubecek, Bray & Bocak, 2015 ^g
* '' Pietrzeniukia'' Winkler, 1987 ^g
* '' Platerodrilus'' Pic, 1921 ^g
* '' Plateros'' Bourgeois, 1879 ^{i c g b}
* '' Platycis'' Thomson, 1864 ^{i c g}
* '' Ponyalis'' Fairmaire, 1900 ^g
* '' Porrostoma'' Laporte, 1838 ^g
* '' Procautires'' Kleine, 1925 ^g
* '' Propyropterus'' Nakane, 1968 ^g
* '' Protaphes'' Kleine, 1926 ^g
* '' Proteros'' Kazantsev, 2004 ^g
* '' Protolopheros'' Kazantsev, 2013 ^g
* '' Pseudacroleptus'' Pic, 1911 ^g
* '' Pseudoplateros'' Green, 1951 ^g
* '' Pseudosynchonnus'' Pic, 1922 ^g
* '' Punicealis'' Kazantsev, 1990 ^{g b}
* '' Pyropterus'' Mulsant, 1838 ^g
* '' Scarelus'' Waterhouse, 1878 ^g
* '' Sulabanus'' Dvorak & Bocak, 2007 ^g
* '' Synchonnus'' Waterhouse, 1879 ^g
* '' Taphes'' Waterhouse, 1878 ^g
* '' Taphomimus'' Kasantsev, 1996 ^g
* '' Thonalmus'' Bourgeois, 1884 ^g
* '' Trichalus'' Waterhouse, 1877 ^g
* '' Xylobanellus'' Kleine, 1930 ^g
* '' Xylobanus'' Waterhouse, 1879 ^g

Data sources: i=ITIS, c=Catalogue of Life, g=GBIF, b=Bugguide.net

Extinct 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

Gallery

File:Beetle fam.jpg, A lycid from India
File:Lycidae-Kadavoor-2017-05-22-001.jpg, A lycid larva or larviform female
File:Porrostoma rhipidius444.jpg, Mating '' Porrostoma rhipidium''
File:Banded Net-winged Beetle - Flickr - treegrow.jpg, '' Calopteron reticulatum''
File:Lycus rostratus, volwassene, Manie vd Schijff BT, b.jpg, '' Lycus rostratus''
File:COLE Lycidae Porrostoma rufipenne.png, Red-winged lycid beetle '' Porrostoma rufipenne''
File:Reticulated net-winged beetle in Oklahoma.jpg, '' Calopteron reticulatum'' in Oklahoma

References

External links

Lycid beetles

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Extant Cenomanian first appearances