Biology:Lycini

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Short description: Tribe of beetles

Lycini
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Lycidae
Subfamily: Lycinae
Tribe: Lycini
Laporte, 1836

The Lycini is a species-rich beetle tribe belonging to the subfamily Lycinae[1]

Description

The Lycini is defined by the presence of the rostrum, flat, serrate to parallel-sided antennomeres 3–10, absent pronotal carinae, weak longitudinal and absent or irregular transverse costae in the elytra, tubular mesothoracic spiracles, the spoon-shaped phallobase, short parameres, a long and slender phallus, large lateral glands in the female sexual duct, short valvifers and the short spermaduct.[1]

Distribution

Afrotropical, Palaearctic, Oriental, Australian (Sulawesi and Timor only), Nearctic and Neotropical (northern part only) regions.[2][3]

Genera

A 2021 study delimited the following genera based on mito-ribosomal data.[1]

  • Celiasis Laporte, 1840
  • Haplolycus Bourgeois, 1883
  • Lipernes Waterhouse, 1879
  • Lycostomus Motschulsky, 1861
  • Lycus Fabricius, 1787
  • Neolycus Bourgeois, 1883
  • Rhyncheros LeConte, 1881

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kusy, Dominik; Motyka, Michal; Fusek, Lukas; Li, Yun; Bocek, Matej; Bilkova, Renata; Ruskova, Michaela; Bocak, Ladislav (2021). "Sexually dimorphic characters and shared aposematic patterns mislead the morphology-based classification of the Lycini (Coleoptera: Lycidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 191 (3): 902–927. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa055. https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/191/3/902/5876637. 
  2. Kleine, R. (1933). "Lycidae". in Junk, W.; Schenkling, S.. Coleopterorum Catalogus, Pars 128. Berlin: W. Junk. pp. 1–145. 
  3. Masek M.; Motyka M.; Kusy D.; Bocek M; Li Y.; Bocak L. (2018). "Molecular phylogeny, diversity and zoogeography of net-winged beetles (Coleoptera: Lycidae)". Insects 9 (4): 154. doi:10.3390/insects9040154. PMID 30388727. 

Wikidata ☰ Q21223225 entry