Collops (beetle)

Collops is a genus of soft-winged flower beetles in the family Melyridae. There are more than 30 described species in Collops.[1][2]

Collops quadrimaculatus
Collops

Collops
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Melyridae
Subfamily: Malachiinae
Tribe: Malachiini
Genus: Collops
Erichson, 1840

Species

These 38 species belong to the genus Collops:

  • Collops arizonensis Marshall
  • Collops balteatus (red cross beetle)
  • Collops bipunctatus (Say, 1823) (two-spotted melyrid)
  • Collops blandus
  • Collops cribrosus LeConte, 1852
  • Collops crusoe
  • Collops discretus Fall, 1912
  • Collops dux Fall, 1912
  • Collops eximius
  • Collops flavicinctus
  • Collops grandis
  • Collops hirtellus LeConte, 1876
  • Collops histrio
  • Collops insulatus
  • Collops knulli
  • Collops limbellus
  • Collops marginellus
  • Collops marginicollis
  • Collops necopinus
  • Collops nigriceps (black-headed melyrid)
  • Collops nigritus Schaeffer
  • Collops pallipes
  • Collops parvus Schaeffer
  • Collops punctatus
  • Collops punctulatus
  • Collops quadriguttatus
  • Collops quadrimaculatus (Fabricius, 1798) (four-spotted collops)
  • Collops reflexus
  • Collops simplex
  • Collops sublimbatus Schaeffer
  • Collops tibialis Schaeffer, 1912
  • Collops tricolor (Say, 1823)
  • Collops versatilis Fall, 1912
  • Collops vicarius
  • Collops vittatus (Say, 1823) (melyrid beetle)
  • Collops desuetus Wickham, 1914
  • Collops extrusus Wickham, 1914
  • Collops priscus Wickham, 1914

References

  1. "Collops". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-12-24.

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.
  • Media related to Collops at Wikimedia Commons
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