Lycidae

The Lycidae are a family in the beetle order Coleoptera, members of which are commonly called net-winged beetles. These beetles are cosmopolitan, being found in Nearctic, Palearctic, Neotropical, Afrotropical, Oriental, and Australian ecoregions.

Description

Beetles of this family are elongated and usually found on flowers or stems. Adult males are about 10–15 mm in length, while females are a bit larger. The adults of some species are nectarivores, while some may have short adult lives during which they may not feed at all. The head is triangular and the antennae are long, thick, and serrated. Most of them are brick-red in colour. They are protected from predators by being toxic.
In several lineages, females retain a larval shape as adults.
Although older literature reports the larvae to be predatory, the most common mode of feeding is probably microphagy on myxomycetes or metabolic products of fungi. Some Lycidae larvae might be found preying on soft larvae of Diptera or small molluscs.

Genera

Selected genera belonging to the family Lycidae:Acroleptus Bourgeois, 1886^gAdoceta Bourgeois, 1882^{i c g}Alyculus Kasantsev, 1999^gBenibotarus Kono, 1932^{i c g}Brasilycus do Nascimento & Bocáková, 2010^gBulenides Waterhouse, 1879^gCaenia Newman, 1838^{i c g b}Calcaeron Kazantsev, 2004^gCalochromus Guérin Méneville, 1833^{i c g b}Calopteron Laporte, 1838^{i c g b}Caloptognatha Green, 1954^{i c g}Cartagonum Pic, 1922^gCautires Waterhouse, 1879^gCeratoprion Gorham, 1884^gCessator Kazantsev, 2009^gCladophorus Guérin-Méneville, 1830^gConderis Waterhouse, 1879^gCyrtopteron Bourgeois, 1905^gDexoris Waterhouse, 1878^gDiatrichalus Kleine, 1926^gDictyoptera Latreille, 1829^{i c g b}Dihammatus Waterhouse, 1879^gDilophotes Waterhouse, 1879^gDitoneces Waterhouse, 1879^gDuliticola Mjöberg, 1925^gElectropteron Kazantsev, 2012^gEmplectus Erichson, 1847^gEniclases Waterhouse, 1879^gEropterus Green, 1951^{i c g b}Eros Newman, 1838^{i c g b}Erotides Waterhouse, 1879^{g b}Falsocaenia Pic, 1922^gFalsocalleros Pic, 1933^{i c g}Falsotrichalus Pic, 1921^gFlabellodilophotes Pic, 1912^gFlabellotrichalus Pic, 1921^gGreenarus Kazantsev, 1995^{g b}Haplobothris Bourgeois, 1879^gHelcophorus Fairmaire, 1891^gHiekeolycus Winkler, 1987^gIdiopteron Bourgeois, 1905^{i c g}Kolibacium Winkler, 1987^gLaterialis ^gLeptoceletes Green, 1952^{i c g b}Leptotrichalus Kleine, 1925^gLibnetis Kleine, 1930^gLibnetisia Pic, 1921^gLibnetomorphus Pic, 1921^gLipernes Waterhouse, 1879^gLolodorfus Bocakova, 2014^gLopheros Leconte, 1881^{i c g b}Lucaina Dugés, 1878^{i c g b}Lycomorphon Pic, 1922^gLyconotus Green, 1949^{i c g b}Lycoprogentes Pic, 1915^gLycostomus Motschulsky, 1861^gLycus Fabricius, 1787^{i c g b}Lygistopterus Dejean, 1833^{i c g b}Lyponia Waterhouse, 1878^gLyropaeus Waterhouse, 1878^gMacrolycus Waterhouse, 1878^gMacrolygistopterus Pic, 1929^gMelampyrus Waterhouse, 1879^gMelaneros Fairmaire, 1879^{i c g}Mesolycus Gorham, 1883^gMesopteron Bourgeois, 1905^gMetanoeus Waterhouse, 1879^gMetapteron Bourgeois, 1905^gMetriorrhynchoides Kleine, 1926^gMetriorrhynchus Gemminger et Harold, 1869Neolyrium Kazantsev, 2005^gOchinoeus Kubecek, Bray & Bocak, 2015^gPietrzeniukia Winkler, 1987^gPlaterodrilus Pic, 1921^gPlateros Bourgeois, 1879^{i c g b}Platycis Thomson, 1864^{i c g}Ponyalis Fairmaire, 1900^gPorrostoma Laporte, 1838^gProcautires Kleine, 1925^gPropyropterus Nakane, 1968^gProtaphes Kleine, 1926^gProteros Kazantsev, 2004^gProtolopheros Kazantsev, 2013^gPseudacroleptus Pic, 1911^gPseudoplateros Green, 1951^gPseudosynchonnus Pic, 1922^gPunicealis Kazantsev, 1990^{g b}Pyropterus Mulsant, 1838^gScarelus Waterhouse, 1878^gSulabanus Dvorak & Bocak, 2007^gSynchonnus Waterhouse, 1879^gTaphes Waterhouse, 1878^gTaphomimus Kasantsev, 1996^gThonalmus Bourgeois, 1884^gTrichalus Waterhouse, 1877^gXylobanellus Kleine, 1930^gXylobanus Waterhouse, 1879^g
Data sources: i=ITIS, c=Catalogue of Life, g=GBIF, b=Bugguide.net

Extinct genera

†Burmolycus Bocak et al. 2019 Burmese amber, Cenomanian
†Cretolycus Tihelka et al. 2019 Burmese amber, Cenomanian
†Electropteron Kazantsev 2012 Dominican amber, Miocene
†Miocaenia Wickham 1914 Florissant Formation, Eocene