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Species Lycostomus simulans

Lycus loripes or sumulans? - Lycostomus simulans - male - female Lycus  - Lycostomus simulans - male - female Lycus  - Lycostomus simulans - male - female Lycus simulans - Lycostomus simulans Lycus simulans? - Lycostomus simulans Lycus simulans - Lycostomus simulans Arizona Beetle for ID - Lycostomus simulans Arizona Beetle for ID - Lycostomus simulans
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Elateroidea
Family Lycidae (Net-winged Beetles)
Subfamily Lycinae
Tribe Lycini
Genus Lycostomus
Species simulans (Lycostomus simulans)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Lycus simulans (Schaeffer), still in use, e.g. (1)
Explanation of Names
Lycostomus simulans Schaeffer 1911
Size
11 mm (Type)
Range
AZ - Map (2)(1)
Remarks
Type Locality: Huachuca Mountains, AZ
See Also
Very much like loripes. Only two of our species, lateralis and loripes, have a narrower, elongate beak, which especially is very long and narrow in loripes, the rest of our species, including simulans, have a much shorter and broader beak. (Schaeffer 1911)
Print References
Schaeffer, C. 1911. New Coleoptera and miscellaneous notes. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 19: 113-126.
Internet References
Type Info - Smithsonian
Works Cited
1.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
2.Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico ("The Leng Catalogue")
Charles W. Leng. 1920. John D. Sherman, Jr., Mount Vernon, NY. x + 470 pp.