Calopteron

Calopteron is a genus of net-winged beetles in the family Lycidae.

Calopteron
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Lycidae
Tribe: Calopterini
Genus: Calopteron
Laporte, 1838

They are toxic and have aposematic coloration. Some species of moths are mimics (Lycomorpha pholus, Pyromorpha dimidiata).[1]

There are about 13 described species in Calopteron.[2][3][1]

Species

These 13 species belong to the genus Calopteron:

  • Calopteron anxium Bourgeois, 1879
  • Calopteron cyanipenne Pic, 1922
  • Calopteron discrepans (Newman, 1838) (banded net-winged beetle)
  • Calopteron leovazquezae Zaragoza-Caballero, 1996
  • Calopteron megalopteron LeConte, 1861
  • Calopteron quadraticollle Taschenberg, 1874
  • Calopteron reticulatum (Fabricius, 1775) (banded net-wing)
  • Calopteron scenicum Bourgeois, 1889
  • Calopteron serratum (L., 1758)
  • Calopteron terminale (Say, 1823) (end band net-wing)
  • Calopteron terminatum Latreille, 1833
  • Calopteron tricolor Olivier, 1790
  • Calopteron tropicum (L., 1764)

References
  1. "Calopteron Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  2. "Calopteron". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-22.

Further reading
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.
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