Calopteron
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Lycidae |
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| Genus: | Calopteron Laporte, 1838 |
Calopteron is a genus of net-winged beetles in the family Lycidae.
They are toxic and have aposematic coloration. Some species of moths are mimics (Lycomorpha pholus, Pyromorpha dimidiata).[1]
There are about 13 described species in Calopteron.[2][3][1]
Species[]
These 13 species belong to the genus Calopteron:
- Bourgeois, 1879
- Pic, 1922
- Calopteron discrepans (Newman, 1838) (banded net-winged beetle)
- Zaragoza-Caballero, 1996
- LeConte, 1861
- Taschenberg, 1874
- Calopteron reticulatum (Fabricius, 1775) (banded net-wing)
- Bourgeois, 1889
- (L., 1758)
- Calopteron terminale (Say, 1823) (end band net-wing)
- Latreille, 1833
- Olivier, 1790
- (L., 1764)
References[]
- ^ a b "Calopteron genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
- ^ "Calopteron Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
- ^ "Calopteron". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
Further reading[]
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.
External links[]
Media related to Calopteron at Wikimedia Commons
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