Leptolycinae

Leptolycinae
Platerodrilus ngi female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Family: Lycidae
Subfamily: Leptolycinae
Leng & Mutchler, 1922

Leptolycinae is a subfamily of the Lycidae or "net-winged beetles" erected by Leng and Mutchler in 1922. This subfamily includes notable genera such as Platerodrilus, which are sometimes called "trilobite beetles".

Tribes and genera

BioLib includes three extant tribes and the fossil tribe †Burmolycini Bocak, Light & Ellenberger, 2019.

Dexorini

Auth. Kleine, 1933

  1. Dexoris Waterhouse, 1878
  2. Elgodexoris Bocak & Bocakova, 1987
  3. Lampyrolycus Burgeon, 1937
  4. Lolodorfus Bocakova, 2014
  5. Mimolibnetis Pic, 1936

Duliticolini

Auth. Mjöberg, 1925

  1. Atamania (beetle) Kazantzev, 2004
  2. Autaphes Kazantzev, 2004
  3. Microeron Kazantzev, 2004
  4. Miniduliticola Kazantsev, 2003
  5. Platerodrilus Pic, 1921
  6. Sinodulia Kazantsev, 2003

Leptolycini

Auth. Leng & Mutchler, 1922

  1. Alyculus Kazantsev, 1999
  2. Ceratoprion Gorham, 1884
  3. Cessator Kazantsev, 2009
  4. †Electropteron Kazantsev, 2012
  5. Flabellocaenia Pic, 1929
  6. Leptolycus Leng & Mutchler, 1922 - type genus

References

  1. 1 2 Biolib.cz: subfamily Leptolycinae Leng & Mutchler, 1922 (retrieved 16 May 2022)