The Lycini is a species-rich beetle tribe belonging to the subfamily Lycinae[1]
| Lycini | |
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| The upper side of Lycus melanurus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Lycidae |
| Subfamily: | Lycinae |
| Tribe: | Lycini Laporte, 1836 |
Description edit
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 edit
Afrotropical, Palaearctic, Oriental, Australian (Sulawesi and Timor only), Nearctic and Neotropical (northern part only) regions.[2][3]
Genera edit
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 edit
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ Kleine, R. (1933). "Lycidae". In Junk, W.; Schenkling, S. (eds.). Coleopterorum Catalogus, Pars 128. Berlin: W. Junk. pp. 1–145.
- ^ 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.