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Genus Dictyopterus

Golden Net-winged Beetle: Detail - Dictyopterus aurora Golden Net-winged Beetle - Dictyopterus aurora Red - Beetle - Dictyopterus aurora beetle - Dictyopterus aurora Golden Net-wing Beetle - Dictyopterus simplicipes Golden Net-wing Beetle - Dictyopterus aurora Dictyopterus simplicipes? - Dictyopterus simplicipes Golden Net-wing Beetle - Dictyopterus aurora
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)
Genus Dictyopterus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Dictyopterus Mulsant 1838. Synonyms:
Dictyoptera (spelling/gender)
Explanation of Names
Dictyopterus is from Greek, diktyo, net, plus a form of pteron, wing. (1).
Numbers
Arnett lists three North American species. (2)
Neartica.com lists five in genus.
Print References
Borror, entries for dicty, pter (1)
Brimley, p. 153 (3) notes aurora and thoracicus (both as Eros spp.) from North Carolina
Internet References
North Carolina State University collection lists from that state, with number pinned: aurora (50), mundus (2), thoracicus (3)
Beetles of Florida--lists D. aurora and D. thoracica