Lycidae

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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.

In several lineages, females retain a larval shape as adults (larviform females).[2]

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.[3][4] Some Lycidae larvae might be found preying on soft larvae of Diptera or small molluscs.[4]

Genera

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Data sources: i=ITIS,[6] c=Catalogue of Life,[7] g=GBIF,[8] b=Bugguide.net[3]

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

References

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  1. ^ 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 [1]
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bocak, Ladislav; Bocakova, Milada (2008). "Phylogeny and Classification of the Family Lycidae (Insecta: Coleoptera)". Annales Zoologici. 58 (4): 695–720. doi:10.3161/000345408X396639. ISSN 0003-4541.
  3. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Lycidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  4. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bocak, L.; Matsuda, K. (2003). "Review of the immature stages of the family Lycidae (Insecta: Coleoptera)". Journal of Natural History. 37 (12): 1463–1507. doi:10.1080/00222930210125362.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kubecek, Vaclav; Bray, Timothy C.; Bocak, Ladislav (2015). "Molecular phylogeny of Metanoeina net-winged beetles identifies Ochinoeus, a new genus from China and Laos (Coleoptera: Lycidae)". Zootaxa. 3955 (1): 113–122. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3955.1.6. PMID 25947840.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Lycidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Browse Lycidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Lycidae". GBIF. Retrieved 5 August 2024.

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