AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
⌕
Checklist for Family Lycidae Laporte, 1836 (Lycid beetles)
and region Southern Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
754
15371
60267
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
750
15333
60124
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
715
15096
59373
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
442
12146
51799
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
116
4223
17152
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
99
3729
14706
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
16
288
1015
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles
6
136
373
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLycidae
Laporte, 1836
Lycid beetles, Lycids, Net-Winged Beetle
11
16
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Southern Africa
11 Genera with 16 Species
Aferos Kazantsev, 20059SpeciesTaxom
Caenia Newman, 18011SpeciesTaxom
Cautires Waterhouse, 01SpeciesTaxom
Demosis Waterhouse, 01SpeciesTaxom
Dictyoptera Latreille, 1784Roaches and Mantids1SpeciesTaxom
Lycostomus Motschulsky, 1861
0SpeciesTaxom
Lycus Fabricius, 1835Net-winged beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Lygistopterus Mulsant, 1838
0SpeciesTaxom
Phaneros Kazantsev, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Plateros Bourgeois, 20051SpeciesTaxom
Stadenus Waterhouse, 1879
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southern Africa
16 Species
Aferos (Aferos) endroedyi Kazantsev, 2005
Aferos (Aferos) londonianus Kazantsev, 2000
Aferos (Aferos) natalensis Kazantsev, 2005
Aferos (Aferos) obscuricollis Kazantsev, 1992
Aferos (Aferos) rubellus Kazantsev, 2005
Aferos (Aferos) silvestris Kazantsev, 2005
Aferos (Aferos) transvaalensis Kazantsev, 2005
Aferos (Aferos) walteri Kazantsev, 2000
Aferos (Aferos) youngai Kazantsev, 2005
Caenia dimidiata Fabricius, 1801Terminal Net-Winged Beetle
Cautires blaps
Demosis peltatus
Dictyoptera aurora Herbst, 1784Golden Net-wing
Lycus trabeatus Guérin-Ménev..., 1835Tailed Net-winged Beetle
Phaneros (Kleineria) silvicola Kazantsev, 2006
Plateros (Plateros) davidensis Kazantsev, 2005

Subnodes of Lycidae with occurrences in Southern Africa
SubfamilyErotinae
LeConte, 1881
1
9
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLycinae
Castelnau, 1840
10
7
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Lycidae at artfakta.se
Lycidae at dyntaxa.se
Lycidae at gbif.org
Lycidae at irmng.org
Lycidae at itis.gov