Biology:Calopteron
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Short description: Genus of beetles
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Lycidae |
| Tribe: | Calopterini |
| Genus: | Calopteron Laporte, 1838 |
Calopteron is a genus of net-winged beetles in the family Lycidae.
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Calopteron genus Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/366. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
- ↑ "Calopteron Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=113841. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
- ↑ "Calopteron". https://www.gbif.org/species/1162378. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
Further reading
- Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. 2007. ISBN 978-8788757675.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q14927855 entry
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