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Lycus (beetle)

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Genus of beetles

Lycus
Male L. trabeatus from Eritrea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Family: Lycidae
Subfamily: Lycinae
Tribe: Lycini
Genus: Lycus
Fabricius, 1787
Synonyms
  • Alycus Rafinesque, 1815

Lycus is the type genus of net-winged beetles in the Lycidae family and the tribe Lycini: found in Africa and the Americas.

List of species

References

  1. "Lycus". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  2. Fabricius JC (1787) Mantissa insectorum sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericis, differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus. Vol. 1. Proft, Hafniae, XX + 348 pp.
Taxon identifiers
Lycus
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