Calopteron

Calopteron
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
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 anxiumBourgeois, 1879
• Calopteron cyanipennePic, 1922
• Calopteron discrepans (Newman, 1838) (banded net-winged beetle)
• Calopteron leovazquezaeZaragoza-Caballero, 1996
• Calopteron megalopteronLeConte, 1861
• Calopteron quadraticollleTaschenberg, 1874
• Calopteron reticulatum (Fabricius, 1775) (banded net-wing)
• Calopteron scenicumBourgeois, 1889
• Calopteron serratum(L., 1758)
• Calopteron terminale (Say, 1823) (end band net-wing)
• Calopteron terminatumLatreille, 1833
• Calopteron tricolorOlivier, 1790
• Calopteron tropicum(L., 1764)

References

1. "Calopteron genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
2. "Calopteron Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
3. "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.

External links

• Media related to Calopteron at Wikimedia Commons