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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.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 200/ref> 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 le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porrostoma Rhipidium
''Porrostoma rhipidius'' is a species of net-winged beetle in the family Lycidae, found widely in Australia. The name is sometimes misspelled as "''rhipidium''" but under ICZN The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) is a widely accepted convention in zoology that rules the formal scientific naming of organisms treated as animals. It is also informally known as the ICZN Code, for its publisher, the I ... Article 31 species names that are nouns, such as ''rhipidius'', must retain their original spelling regardless of generic placement. References External links * Lycidae {{lycidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cautires
''Cautires'' is a genus of beetles 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 .... References * Bocak, L. 2012: A revision of the Cautires obsoletus species group from Java (Coleoptera, Lycidae). ZooKeys, 241: 55–66, * Dudkova, P.; Bocak, L. 2010: A review of the Cautires obsoletus species group from Indo–Burma (Coleoptera: Lycidae). Zootaxa, 2527: 28-48 External links * * * Lycidae Elateroidea genera {{Elateroidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calopteron
''Calopteron'' is a genus of net-winged beetles in the family Lycidae. They are toxic and have aposematic Aposematism is the advertising by an animal to potential predators that it is not worth attacking or eating. This unprofitability may consist of any defences which make the prey difficult to kill and eat, such as toxicity, venom, foul taste or ... 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 * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
