Dictyoptera (beetle)

Dictyoptera
Dictyoptera aurora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Lycidae
Subfamily:	Erotinae
Genus:	Dictyoptera Latreille, 1829
Synonyms
Dictyopterus Mulsant, 1838 Dyctioptera Leconte, 1847 Dyctiopterus Erichson, 1847 Dyctyopterus Dejean, 1833

Dictyoptera is a genus of net-winged beetles in the family Lycidae. There are several described species in Dictyoptera. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Dictyoptera simplicipes

Species

Selected species: ^[1]

• Dictyoptera aurora (Herbst, 1784) (golden net-wing beetle) – Eurasia (Western Europe plus Russia, etc), North Korea, South Korea, Japan
• Dictyoptera bicoloricornis (Pic, 1933) – China
• Dictyoptera coccinata (Say, 183) – Canada, USA
• Dictyoptera elegans Nakane & Winkler, 1952 – Japan
• Dictyoptera formosana Nakane, 1968 – Taiwan
• Dictyoptera forticornis Pic, 1942 – China
• Dictyoptera gansuensis Kazantsev, 2004 – China
• Dictyoptera gorhami Köno, 1932 – Japan,Taiwan
• Dictyoptera marginicollis Boheman, 1858 – Hong Kong
• Dictyoptera sapporensis Köno, 1932 – Japan
• Dictyoptera speciosa Ohbayashi, 1954 – Japan
• Dictyoptera velata Gorharn, 1883 – Japan

[?] Dictyoptera simplicipes Mannerheim, 1843 (Not in ^[1] )

Else for Dictyoptera hamata see Punicealis hamata (Mannerheim, 1843). For Dictyoptera munda see Punicealis munda (Say, 1835).

References

1. Löbl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-8788757675.
2. "Dictyoptera Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
3. "Dictyoptera Latreille, 1829". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2025-07-09.
4. "Dictyoptera Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-28.

Further reading

• Kazantsev, Sergey V. (2004). "Phylogeny of the tribe Erotini (Coleoptera, Lycidae), with descriptions of new taxa". Zootaxa. 496: 1–48. [Note contains list of species, many inconsistent with Löbl & Smetana 2007]

• Kazantsev, Sergey V. (2012). "A review of Erotinae and Dictyopterinae (Coleoptera: Lycidae), with description of new taxa and a note on biogeography of the subfamilies". Russian Entomological Journal. 21 (4): 395–414.

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. Vol. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN   0-8493-0212-9.
• Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN   978-1402062421.
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.38459 . ISBN   0665100558.
• Miller, Richard S. (2002). Arnett, Ross H. Jr.; Thomas, Michael C.; Skelley, Paul E.; Frank, J.H. (eds.). Family 59. Lycidae Laporte 1836. In American Beetles Vol. 2, Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea Through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 174–178. ISBN   0-8493-0954-9.
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides) . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN   0395910897.