Calopteron is a genus of net-winged beetles in the family Lycidae.

Calopteron
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Lycidae
Tribe: Calopterini
Genus: Calopteron
Laporte, 1838

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

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These 13 species belong to the genus Calopteron:

References

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  1. ^ "Calopteron Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  2. ^ "Calopteron". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-22.

Further reading

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  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.
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