Lycidae
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| Metriorrhynchus rhipidius | |
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| Family: | Lycidae Laporte, 1836
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Caenia | |
Lycidae is a family in the beetle order Coleoptera, members of which are commonly called net-winged beetles.
Beetles of this family are elongated and usually found on flowers or stems. The adults of some species are nectarivores while some may have short-lived adult lives during which they may not feed at all. The head is triangular and the antennae are long thick and serrate. Most of them are brick-red in colour. They are protected from predators by being toxic.[2]
The predaceous larvae grow under bark or in leaf litter.
References
- ^ MILAN DVORAK & LADISLAV BOCAK 2007. Sulabanus gen. nov., a new genus of Lycidae (Coleoptera) from Sulawesi. Zootaxa 1611:1-24 [1]
- ^ Lawrence, J.F., Hastings, A.M., Dallwitz, M.J., Paine, T.A., and Zurcher, E.J. 2000 onwards. Elateriformia (Coleoptera): descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval for families and subfamilies. Version: 9th October 2005 [2]
External links
Media related to Lycidae at Wikimedia Commons- Flickr Lycidae correctly tagged images
- http://www.geocities.com/brisbane_beetles/Lycidae.htm
- Calopteron discrepans, banded net-winged beetle on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
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