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Taxonomy of Family Lycidae Laporte, 1836
Lycid beetles, Lycids, Net-Winged Beetle, Net-winged beetles


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
1891
142849
2048615
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
592
62779
813516
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
274
54416
687671
Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
52
4609
79150
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles
23
2729
37099
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyLycidae
Laporte, 1836
Lycid beetles, Lycids, Net-Winged Beetle
305
2819
Genera
Species
Subnodes of Lycidae Laporte, 1836
SubfamilyAteliinae
Kleine, 1928
0
0
Genera
Species
SubfamilyCalochrominae
Lacordaire, 1857
6
81
Genera
Species
SubfamilyDexorinae
Bocak & Bocakova, 1989
  ⇒ Leptolycinae
1
1
Genus
Species
SubfamilyDictyopterinae
Kleine, 1928
  ⇒ Erotini
1
0
Genus
Species
SubfamilyDuliticolinae
Kazantsev, 2003
  ⇒ Leptolycinae
0
0
Genera
Species
SubfamilyErotinae
LeConte, 1881
5
66
Genera
Species
SubfamilyLeptolycinae
Leng and Mutchler, 1922
13
47
Genera
Species
SubfamilyLibnetinae
Bocak & Bocakova, 1990
0
0
Genera
Species
SubfamilyLycinae
Castelnau, 1840
156
2353
Genera
Species
SubfamilyLyropaeinae
Bocak & Bocakova, 1989
13
77
Genera
Species
SubfamilyMetriorrhynchinae
Kleine, 1926
  ⇒ Metriorrhynchini
8
77
Genera
Species
SubfamilyPlaterodinae
Kleine, 1928
  ⇒ Platerodini
0
0
Genera
Species
SubfamilyThilmaninae
Kazantsev, 2004
6
49
Genera
Species
GenusAlycus
Rafinesque, 1815
1Species
GenusAmbonoides
Opitz, 2015
2Species
GenusAnarhynchus
Guérin-Ménéville in Duperry, 1838
1Species
GenusAspitonis
Opitz, 2015
4Species
GenusBaholycus
Bocák, 2001
0Species
GenusBiphilodes
Kazantsev, 2000
0Species
GenusBourgeiosiella
Kasantsev, 1992
0Species
GenusCaeniella
Cockerell, 1906
  ⇒ Caenia
0Species
GenusCallichromus
Agassiz, 1846
0Species
GenusCallipterum
Agassiz, 1846
0Species
GenusCalodadon
Gorham, 1881
0Species
GenusCartagonum
Pic, 1922
2Species
GenusCessator
Kazantsev, 2009
2Species
GenusCharactes
Haldeman, 1843
  ⇒ Calopteron
0Species
GenusCharactus
Dejean, 1833
  ⇒ Metapteron
0Species
GenusChlamidolycus
Bourgeois, 1883
0Species
GenusChlamydolycus
Kleine, 1933
0Species
GenusChuzenjianus
Kono, 1932
0Species
GenusCladocalon
Nascimento & Bocáková, 2022
5Species
GenusCladocerus
Schwarz, 1901
  ⇒ Piezophyllus
0Species
GenusConcavolycus
Marie, 1968
0Species
GenusCoptorhinus
Guérin-Méneville, 1838
1Species
GenusCurrhaeus
do Nascimento, Bressan & Bocakova, 2020
7Species
GenusDamzenium
Kazantsev & Bocak, 2022
1Species
GenusDilophotellus
Kleine, 1925
0Species
GenusDilophotis
2Species
GenusDominopteron
Kazantsev, 2013
0Species
GenusDyctioptera
LeConte, 1847
  ⇒ Dictyoptera
0Species
GenusDyctiopterus
Erichson, 1847
  ⇒ Dictyoptera
0Species
GenusDyctyopterus
Dejean, 1833
  ⇒ Dictyoptera
0Species
GenusElectropteron
Kazantsev, 2012
1Species
GenusElgodexoris
Bocak & Bocakova, 1988
0Species
GenusEuplateros
Kazantsev, 2011
0Species
GenusEurycerus
Illiger, 1807
0Species
GenusFalsoceratoprion
Ferreira, 2022
1Species
GenusFlabellochromus
Pic, 1925
  ⇒ Dumbrellia
0Species
GenusFlabellodilophotes
Pic, 1912
  ⇒ Mesolycus
1Species
GenusFlabellolycinella
Kleine, 1941
0Species
GenusHiekeolycus
Winkler, 1987
  ⇒ Helcophorus
1Species
GenusJapanogreenarus
Matsuda, 2010
0Species
GenusKleineria
Kazantsev, 2004
0Species
GenusLibetis
1Species
GenusLibnetus
Waterhouse, 1878
  ⇒ Libnetis
0Species
GenusLopherus
1Species
GenusLycaina
Horn, 1885
  ⇒ Lucaina
0Species
GenusLycomesus
Zaragoza-Caballero & González-Ramírez, 2019
1Species
GenusLypropaeus
0Species
GenusMacroambangia
Bocáková, 2006
0Species
GenusMarena
Kazantsev, 2007
0Species
GenusMatsudanoeus
Sklenarova, Kubecek & Bocak, 2014
0Species
GenusMetriorhynchus
Guérin-Ménéville in Duperry, 1838
  ⇒ Metriorrhynchus
15Species
GenusMicronychus
Motschoulsky, 1861
2Species
GenusMimoditonecia
Kazantsev, 2002
0Species
GenusMiocaenia
Wickham, 1914
1Species
GenusMurcybolus
Li & Cai, 2021
1Species
GenusNanolycus
Kazantsev, 2013
0Species
GenusNeolinoptes
0Species
GenusOchinoeus
4Species
GenusParacautires
Kazantsev, 2012
0Species
GenusParacroleptus
Ferreira, 2020
0Species
GenusParalopheros
Kasantsev, 1993
0Species
GenusParalycus
Medvedev & Kazantsev, 1992
0Species
GenusParaplateros
Zaragoza Caballero, 1999
  ⇒ Plateros
0Species
GenusParapyropterus
Kleine, 1926
  ⇒ Lycoprogentes
1Species
GenusPietrzeniukia
Winkler, 1987
  ⇒ Kolibacium
2Species
GenusPlatrilus
Kazantsev, 2009
0Species
GenusPlatycides
Kazantsev, 2012
0Species
GenusPlycus
Kazantsev, 2021
1Species
GenusPolyneros
Kazantsev, 2009
0Species
GenusPoniella
Kazantsev, 2002
0Species
GenusPrioceraton
Kazantsev, 2013
0Species
GenusProterotaphes
Kazantsev, 2006
0Species
GenusProtolopheros
Kazantsev, 2013
1Species
GenusPseudoplaterus
Green, 1951
0Species
GenusPseudoplatopterus
Kleine, 1940
1Species
GenusPseudosynchomus
Pic, 1925
0Species
GenusPsuedoplateros
Green, 1951
0Species
GenusRossioptera
Kasantsev, 1988
0Species
GenusSibetarus
Bocak & Bocakova, 1991
0Species
GenusSlipinskia
Bocak & Bocakova, 1992
0Species
GenusSpacekia
Strand, 1936
0Species
GenusSpartoires
Kazantsev, 2012
0Species
GenusSpinolycus
Nascimento & Bocáková, 2009
  ⇒ Lycomorphon
0Species
GenusSpinotrichalus
Kazantsev, 2010
0Species
GenusStenolycus
Ohbayashi, 1956
0Species
GenusStereotrichalus
Kleine, 1926
  ⇒ Flabellotrichalus
0Species
GenusSundolyponia
Kazantsev, 2002
0Species
GenusTainopteron
Kazantsev, 2009
0Species
GenusTishechkinia
Kazantsev, 2013
0Species
GenusTricostaeptera
Kasantsev, 1997
0Species
GenusUkachaka
Kazantsev, 2000
0Species
GenusVikhrevia
Kazantsev, 2013
1Species
GenusWeiyangia
Bocák, 1999
0Species
GenusXantheros
Fairmaire, 1877
  ⇒ Trichalus
3Species
GenusXylobanoides
Kleine, 1928
0Species
GenusXylometanoeus
Sklenarova, Kubecek & Bocak, 2014
0Species

Synonyms
Lycusites (Laporte de Castelnau, 1840)
Native, vernacular names and spellings of Lycidae
GermanRotdeckenkäfer
EnglishLycid beetles, Lycids, Net-Winged Beetle, Net-winged beetles
DutchRoodschildkevers
DanishMaskebiller
SwedishRödvingebaggar
FinnishRusokuoriaiset
NorwegianRødvinger


Distribution and Species lists of Lycidae Laporte, 1836
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Afghanistan
1 Genus  1 Species
Albania
1 Genus  1 Species
Algeria
2 Genera  3 Species
Angola
1 Genus  1 Species
Argentina
8 Genera  8 Species
Armenia
2 Genera  2 Species
Australia
21 Genera  241 Species
Austria
8 Genera  10 Species
Belarus
1 Genus  1 Species
Belgium
9 Genera  11 Species
Belize
3 Genera  1 Species
Bhutan
3 Genera  3 Species
Bolivia
5 Genera  1 Species
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2 Genera  2 Species
Brazil
21 Genera  7 Species
Bulgaria
3 Genera  3 Species
Burundi
1 Genus  1 Species
Cameroon
3 Genera  3 Species
Canada
18 Genera  35 Species
Cape Verde
1 Genus  0 Species
China
23 Genera  75 Species
Colombia
27 Genera  13 Species
Costa Rica
17 Genera  21 Species
Croatia
3 Genera  4 Species
Cuba
8 Genera  4 Species
Cyprus
1 Genus  1 Species
Czech Republic
9 Genera  12 Species
Democratic Republic of the Congo
7 Genera  14 Species
Denmark
10 Genera  11 Species
Dominican Republic
3 Genera  6 Species
Ecuador
6 Genera  2 Species
Equatorial Guinea
5 Genera  7 Species
Estonia
10 Genera  10 Species
Ethiopia
1 Genus  1 Species
Fiji
1 Genus  1 Species
Finland
10 Genera  12 Species
France
16 Genera  25 Species
Georgia
11 Genera  10 Species
Germany
19 Genera  25 Species
Ghana
1 Genus  1 Species
Greece
7 Genera  8 Species
Guatemala
11 Genera  7 Species
Guinea
2 Genera  8 Species
Guinea-Bissau
2 Genera  4 Species
Guyana
7 Genera  1 Species
Haiti
1 Genus  1 Species
Honduras
3 Genera  1 Species
Hungary
3 Genera  5 Species
Iceland
2 Genera  2 Species
India
11 Genera  22 Species
Indonesia
43 Genera  192 Species
Iran
1 Genus  1 Species
Ireland
2 Genera  2 Species
Israel
1 Genus  1 Species
Italy
11 Genera  19 Species
Ivory Coast
4 Genera  1 Species
Jamaica
1 Genus  1 Species
Japan
25 Genera  83 Species
Kazakhstan
1 Genus  1 Species
Kenya
6 Genera  4 Species
Kyrgyzstan
1 Genus  1 Species
Laos
9 Genera  21 Species
Latvia
7 Genera  7 Species
Lebanon
1 Genus  1 Species
Liberia
8 Genera  3 Species
Libya
1 Genus  1 Species
Liechtenstein
4 Genera  3 Species
Lithuania
6 Genera  6 Species
Luxembourg
6 Genera  6 Species
Madagascar
4 Genera  1 Species
Malawi
1 Genus  1 Species
Malaysia
24 Genera  36 Species
Mauritius
1 Genus  1 Species
Mexico
29 Genera  103 Species
Moldova
1 Genus  1 Species
Mongolia
2 Genera  3 Species
Montenegro
1 Genus  1 Species
Morocco
3 Genera  3 Species
Mozambique
1 Genus  1 Species
Myanmar
3 Genera  3 Species
Namibia
1 Genus  1 Species
Nepal
7 Genera  26 Species
Netherlands
8 Genera  10 Species
New Zealand
2 Genera  2 Species
Nicaragua
6 Genera  3 Species
Nigeria
1 Genus  1 Species
Norway
9 Genera  12 Species
Panama
9 Genera  6 Species
Papua New Guinea
15 Genera  120 Species
Paraguay
2 Genera  1 Species
Peru
5 Genera  2 Species
Philippines
25 Genera  82 Species
Poland
11 Genera  14 Species
Portugal
4 Genera  4 Species
Republic of the Congo
2 Genera  2 Species
Republic South Africa
11 Genera  16 Species
Romania
2 Genera  2 Species
Russia
28 Genera  67 Species
Rwanda
1 Genus  1 Species
Serbia
4 Genera  4 Species
Singapore
1 Genus  1 Species
Slovakia
10 Genera  10 Species
Slovenia
3 Genera  4 Species
Solomon Islands
2 Genera  1 Species
South Korea
7 Genera  4 Species
Spain
7 Genera  7 Species
Sri Lanka
11 Genera  35 Species
Sudan
1 Genus  2 Species
Sweden
13 Genera  18 Species
Switzerland
9 Genera  11 Species
Syria
1 Genus  1 Species
Taiwan
27 Genera  111 Species
Tanzania
3 Genera  3 Species
Thailand
5 Genera  13 Species
Trinidad and Tobago
2 Genera  2 Species
Tunisia
1 Genus  1 Species
Turkey
4 Genera  7 Species
Turkmenistan
1 Genus  1 Species
Uganda
3 Genera  3 Species
Ukraine
3 Genera  3 Species
United Kingdom
9 Genera  11 Species
Uruguay
1 Genus  1 Species
USA
28 Genera  71 Species
Uzbekistan
1 Genus  1 Species
Venezuela
6 Genera  2 Species
Vietnam
12 Genera  21 Species
Zambia
1 Genus  0 Species
Zimbabwe
2 Genera  2 Species


Distribution on islands


Found in fossile formations


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