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Checklist for Family Lycidae Laporte, 1836 (Lycid beetles)
and region Sri Lanka (South Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
527
6198
14500
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
524
6193
14493
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
502
6089
14260
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
316
4628
11471
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
85
1563
3957
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
79
1347
3256
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
15
111
223
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles
6
67
113
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLycidae
Laporte, 1836
Lycid beetles, Lycids, Net-Winged Beetle
11
35
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Sri Lanka
11 Genera with 35 Species
Atelius G. Fischer, 19921SpeciesTaxom
Calochromus Guérin Ménev..., 1833
0SpeciesTaxom
Cautires Waterhouse, 19892SpeciesTaxom
Ditoneces Waterhouse, 19902SpeciesTaxom
Falsotrichalus Kazantsev, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Lycostomus Motschulsky, 1861
0SpeciesTaxom
Lyropaeus Waterhouse, 20062SpeciesTaxom
Melaneros Fairmaire, 19995SpeciesTaxom
Plateros Bourgeois, 195320SpeciesTaxom
Tapromenoeus Bocak & Boca..., 1989
0SpeciesTaxom
Xylobanus Waterhouse, 20062SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sri Lanka
35 Species
Atelius acutecornis Kazantsev, 1992
Cautires ceylonicus Bocak & Boca..., 1989
Cautires krombeini Bocak & Boca..., 1989
Ditoneces hirsutus Bocak & Boca..., 1990
Ditoneces hispidus Bocak & Boca..., 1990
Falsotrichalus lankaensis Kazantsev, 2006
Lyropaeus ceylonicus Bocak & Boca..., 1989
Lyropaeus tamil Kazantsev, 2006
Melaneros bicoloratus Bocáková, 1999
Melaneros inermis Bocáková, 1999
Melaneros kejvali Bocáková, 1999
Melaneros oculeus Bocáková, 1999
Melaneros uzeli Bocáková, 1999
Plateros (Plateros) aliquantulus Bocak & Boca..., 1990
Plateros (Plateros) arcuatus Bocak & Boca..., 1990
Plateros (Plateros) bidentatus Bocak & Boca..., 1990
Plateros (Plateros) firmus Bocak & Boca..., 1990
Plateros (Plateros) flexuosus Bocak & Boca..., 1990
Plateros (Plateros) kandiensis Kazantsev, 2006
Plateros (Plateros) kleinei Bocak & Boca..., 1990
Plateros (Plateros) lanceolatus Bocak & Boca..., 1990
Plateros (Plateros) leechi Nakane, 1971
Plateros (Plateros) nigrostriatus Bocak & Boca..., 1990
Plateros (Plateros) persubtilis Bocak & Boca..., 1990
Plateros (Plateros) portentificus Bocak & Boca..., 1990
Plateros (Plateros) pseudodispellens Bocak & Boca..., 1990
Plateros (Plateros) reconditus Bocak & Boca..., 1990
Plateros (Plateros) reflexus Bocak & Boca..., 1990
Plateros (Plateros) tenuis Bocak & Boca..., 1990
Plateros (Plateros) uncus Bocak & Boca..., 1990
Plateros (Plateros) vagatus Bocak & Boca..., 1990
Plateros (Plateros) viduus Nakane, 1971
Plateros volatus Green, 1953
Xylobanus minusculus Kazantsev, 2006
Xylobanus villosus Kazantsev, 2006

Subnodes of Lycidae with occurrences in Sri Lanka
SubfamilyCalochrominae
Lacordaire, 1857
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLeptolycinae
Leng and Mutchler, 1922
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLycinae
Castelnau, 1840
7
31
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLyropaeinae
Bocak & Bocakova, 1989
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMetriorrhynchinae
Kleine, 1926
1
1
Genus
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