Lycini

Lycini
The upper side of Lycus melanurus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
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. 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.
2. Kleine, R. (1933). "Lycidae". In Junk, W.; Schenkling, S. (eds.). 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 . PMC   6315567 . PMID   30388727.