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Lycidae

{{Short description|Family of beetles}}

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| oldest_fossil = Cenomanian

| image = Metriorrhynchus rhipidius02.jpg

| image_caption = Porrostoma rhipidium

| taxon = Lycidae

| display_parents = 3

| authority = Laporte, 1836

| subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies

| subdivision = * Ateliinae Kleine, 1929

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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.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]

Description

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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.{{cite journal |last1=Bocak |first1=L. |last2=Matsuda |first2=K. |date=2003 |title=Review of the immature stages of the family Lycidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) |journal=Journal of Natural History |volume=37 |issue=12 |pages=1463–1507 |doi=10.1080/00222930210125362 }} 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:

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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

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{{Cite web|title=Lycidae Report

|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=113840

|website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System

|access-date=22 April 2018

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{{Cite web|title=Browse Lycidae

|url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/?taxonKey=CBC2J

|website=Catalogue of Life

|access-date=5 August 2024

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{{Cite web|title=Lycidae

|url=https://www.gbif.org/species/7836

|website=GBIF

|access-date=5 August 2024

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{{Cite web|title=Lycidae Family Information

|url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/172

|website=BugGuide.net

|access-date=22 April 2018

}}

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20091027102341/http://geocities.com/brisbane_beetles/Lycidae.htm Lycid beetles]

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Category:Polyphaga families

Category:Extant Cenomanian first appearances