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Lycini

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Lycini
The upper side of Lycus melanurus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Lycidae
Subfamily: Lycinae
Tribe: Lycini
Laporte, 1836

The Lycini is a species-rich beetle tribe belonging to the subfamily Lycinae[1]

Description

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The Lycini is defined by the presence of the rostrum, flat, serrate to parallel-sided antennomeres 3–10, absent pronotal carinae, weak longitudinal and absent or irregular transverse costae in the elytra, tubular mesothoracic spiracles, the spoon-shaped phallobase, short parameres, a long and slender phallus, large lateral glands in the female sexual duct, short valvifers and the short spermaduct.[1]

Distribution

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Afrotropical, Palaearctic, Oriental, Australian (Sulawesi and Timor only), Nearctic and Neotropical (northern part only) regions.[2][3]

Genera

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A 2021 study delimited the following genera based on mito-ribosomal data.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Kusy, Dominik; Motyka, Michal; Fusek, Lukas; Li, Yun; Bocek, Matej; Bilkova, Renata; Ruskova, Michaela; Bocak, Ladislav (2021). "Sexually dimorphic characters and shared aposematic patterns mislead the morphology-based classification of the Lycini (Coleoptera: Lycidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 191 (3): 902–927. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa055.
  2. ^ Kleine, R. (1933). "Lycidae". In Junk, W.; Schenkling, S. (eds.). Coleopterorum Catalogus, Pars 128. Berlin: W. Junk. pp. 1–145.
  3. ^ Masek M.; Motyka M.; Kusy D.; Bocek M; Li Y.; Bocak L. (2018). "Molecular phylogeny, diversity and zoogeography of net-winged beetles (Coleoptera: Lycidae)". Insects. 9 (4): 154. doi:10.3390/insects9040154. PMC 6315567. PMID 30388727.