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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Click, Firefly and Soldier Beetles (Elateroidea) » Net-winged Beetles (Lycidae)

Family Lycidae - Net-winged Beetles

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Mystery solved: They're netwings. - Lopheros fraternus Lycid larvae? - Lycus sanguineus Leptoceletes basalis - male Net-winged Beetle - Lycus arizonensis Net-winged Beetle - Lygistopterus rubripennis - male - female BG2244 E4386 - Plateros Net-winged Beetle - Leptoceletes basalis mystery bug - Calopteron terminale
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Elateroidea (Click, Firefly and Soldier Beetles)
Family Lycidae (Net-winged Beetles)
Explanation of Names
According to Dave's Garden, the family name comes from Greek lykideus, meaning wolf cub.
Numbers
Insects of Cedar Creek lists 83 species for North America.
Print References
American Beetles, Vol. 2, Chapter 59 (1)
Dillon, pp. 238-247, plates XXIV-XXV, keys and illustrates several eastern genera (2)
Internet References
Beetles of Florida--checklist
Insects of Cedar Creek
Australian faunal drectory
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)
2.A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America
By Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Phillip Harpootlian
Last updated 18 February, 2007 - 3:11pm

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