Genus Collops

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Internet References · Works Cited

soft-winged flower beetle - Collops nigriceps

Two-spotted Melyrid - Collops bipunctatus

Collops pallipes Fall - Collops pallipes - male

Tiny red and metallic blue beetle - Collops

Soft-winged Flower Beetle - Collops quadrimaculatus - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Cleroidea (Bark-gnawing, Checkered and Soft-winged Flower Beetles)

Family Melyridae (Soft-winged Flower Beetles)

Genus Collops

Numbers

Nearctica.com lists 44 spp.

Size

4-7mm (1)

Identification

Antennae appear to be 10-segmented (though there are 11); the second antennomere is reduced in size, & concealed. In males of this genus, the basal segments of the antennae are often strongly modified.(see White,E.R., p.212; (1))

Internet References

Some records on 16 species occurring in California at SBNHM.

Works Cited

1.	Peterson Field Guides: Beetles By Richard E. White

Contributed by Cotinis on 29 September, 2004 - 7:45am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Hartmut Wisch
Last updated 8 April, 2009 - 3:21pm

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