Platerodrilus ruficollis | |
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larva | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Lycidae |
Tribe: | Duliticolini |
Genus: | Platerodrilus |
Species: | P. ruficollis |
Binomial name | |
Platerodrilus ruficollis (Pic, 1942) | |
Synonyms | |
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Platerodrilus ruficollis is a species of trilobite beetle found in Maritime Southeast Asia, also known by its junior synonym, Duliticola hoiseni. [1] [2]
The Elateroidea are a large superfamily of beetles. It contains the familiar click beetles, fireflies, and soldier beetles and their relatives. It consists of about 25,000 species.
Metriorrynchus is a genus of beetles in the family Lycidae. They occur from Australia north to northern parts of Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand, west to eastern India.
The Lycidae are a family in the beetle order Coleoptera, members of which are commonly called net-winged beetles. These beetles are cosmopolitan, being found in Nearctic, Palearctic, Neotropical, Afrotropical, Oriental, and Australian ecoregions.
Platerodrilus is a genus of beetles of the family Lycidae. They commonly appear in the literature under the name Duliticola, which is an obsolete junior synonym. The females retain a larval form as adults and are about 40–80 mm in length. The females and larvae have a flattened, dark body with large scales over the head, resembling trilobites, hence the informal names trilobite beetle, trilobite larva or Sumatran trilobite larva. In contrast, the males are much smaller, 8–9 mm, resembling other beetles. Species are found in tropical forests of India and South-east Asia.
Platerodrilus paradoxus is a species of trilobite beetle. It is only known from Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra and Java Island.
Pyropterus nigroruber is a species of net-winged beetles belonging to the family Lycidae.
Cautires is a genus of beetles in the family Lycidae.
Plateros bispiculatus is a species of net-winged beetles in the family Lycidae. It is found in North America.
Plateros volatus is a species of net-winged beetles in the family Lycidae. It is found in North America.
Dictyoptera simplicipes is a species of net-winged beetle in the family Lycidae. It is found in North America.
Erotinae is a subfamily of net-winged beetles in the family Lycidae. There are about 10 genera and 19 described species in Erotinae.
Eropterus is a genus of net-winged beetles in the family Lycidae. There are about 10 described species in Eropterus.
Calochromus fervens is a species of net-winged beetle in the family Lycidae. It is found in North America.
Leptoceletes basalis is a species of net-winged beetle in the family Lycidae. It is found in North America.
Leptoceletes is a genus of net-winged beetles in the family Lycidae. There are about five described species in Leptoceletes.
Leptoceletes pallidus is a species of net-winged beetle in the family Lycidae. It is found in North America.
Leptoceletes dehiscens is a species of net-winged beetle in the family Lycidae. It is found in North America.
Calochromus slevini is a species of net-winged beetle in the family Lycidae. It is found in North America.
The Lycini is a species-rich beetle tribe belonging to the subfamily Lycinae
Leptolycinae is a subfamily of the Lycidae or "net-winged beetles" erected by Leng and Mutchler in 1922. This subfamily includes notable genera such as Platerodrilus, which are sometimes called "trilobite beetles".