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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Net-winged Beetles (Lycidae) » Lycinae » Lycini » Lycus

Genus Lycus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Works Cited
Lycus arizonensis Green - Lycus arizonensis Lycus arizonensis? - Lycus arizonensis Lycus arizonensis? - Lycus arizonensis Lycus arizonensis? - Lycus arizonensis - male - female Lycus arizonensis? - Lycus arizonensis - male - female Male, Lycus arizonensis? - Lycus arizonensis - male Female, Lycus arizonensis? - Lycus arizonensis - female Lycus arizonensis? - Lycus arizonensis
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 Lycus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
recent changes(1):
L. fernandezi and L. lecontei transferred to Neolycus
L. fulvellus, loripes, minutus, rubescens, sagittatus, sanguineus, sanguinipennis and simulans transferred to Lycostomus Motschulsky 1861
L. arizonensis is the only sp. remaining in Lycus (Lycus)
Explanation of Names
Lycus Fabricius 1787
'wolf'
Numbers
monotypic genus(1)
Range
in our area, sw. US
Habitat
larvae may be seen moving over open ground in the early evening(2)
Works Cited
1.Checklist of net-winged beetles (Coleoptera: Lycidae) from Mexico
Pérez-Hernández, C. L., Zaragoza-Caballero, S. & Romo-Galicia, A. 2019. Zootaxa 4623.2.2.
2.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 2 March, 2006 - 7:58pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, Boris Bueche, v belov
Last updated 28 October, 2022 - 6:21pm

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