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Species Neolycus fernandezi - Lycus fernandezi

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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 Neolycus
Species fernandezi (Lycus fernandezi)
Explanation of Names
Lycus fernandezi Duges 1878
Identification

Det. M. A. Quinn, 2013
Range
AZ to c. TX / Mex. - Map (1)(2)
Food
nectarivore:
See Also
L. arizonensis (AZ-TX) is nearly identical but lacks the "notch" in the apical black spot (and is typically bigger)
Print References
Green J.W. 1949. The Lycidae of the United States and Canada. I. The tribe Lycini (Coleoptera). Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 75: 53-70.
Internet References
Texas Entomology - Mike Quinn, 2006
Works Cited
1.Checklist of the Coleopterous insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America.
Ricard E. Blackwelder. 1944. Bulletin of the U.S. National Museum 185(parts 1-6): xii-1492.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)