Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

See Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29

Photos of insects and people from the 2015 gathering in Wisconsin, July 10-12


Previous events


TaxonomyBrowse
Info
ImagesLinksBooksData

Species Lycostomus sanguineus

Lycid larvae? - Lycostomus sanguineus All grown up! - Lycostomus sanguineus Netwinged Beetle Larva ? - Lycostomus sanguineus Netwinged Beetle Larva ? - Lycostomus sanguineus Lycus sanguineus ? - Lycostomus sanguineus Lycostomus sanguineus Gorham - Lycostomus sanguineus Lycus sanguineus - Lycostomus sanguineus Lycus sanguineus - Lycostomus sanguineus
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 sanguineus (Lycostomus sanguineus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Lycus sanguineus (Gorham), still in use, e.g. (1)
Explanation of Names
Lycostomus sanguineus Gorham 1884
sanguineus 'bloody'
Identification
1 & 2. Larvae. 3. Adult. 4. Brachypterous female
Range
AZ to w.TX / nw. Mex. - Map (1)
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard