Family Lycidae Laporte 1836 (net-winged beetle)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Lycidae
Alternative spelling: Lycusidae
Full reference: F. L. N. Laporte. 1836. Études entomologiques, ou description d'insectes nouveaux et observations sur la synonymie. Revue Entomologique 4:5-60
Parent taxon: Elateroidea according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2022
See also Bouchard et al. 2011, Crowson 1981 and Lawrence and Newton 1995
Sister taxa: Anoeuma, Artematopodidae, Berendtimiridae, Brachypsectridae, Cantharidae, Cerophytidae, Cretophengodidae, Elateridae, Eucnemidae, Eudicronychinae, Grammocolous, Lampyridae, Microcoleus, Mysteriomorphidae, Omethidae, Phengodidae, Rhagophthalmidae, Throscidae
Subtaxa: Ateliinae Calochrominae Dexorinae Erotinae Leptolycinae Lycinae Metriorrhynchinae Miocaenia
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