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Lycidae (net-winged beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Lycidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Lycidae Crowson p. 696
1995Lycidae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2011Lycidae Bouchard et al.
2022Lycidae Cai et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyElateroidea
familyLycidae()
familyLycidae()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Lycidae Laporte 1836 [net-winged beetle]
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Subfm. Dexorinae Bocak and Bocakova 1989
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Tr. †Burmolycini Bocak et al. 2019
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G. †Burmolycus Bocak et al. 2019
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Burmolycus compactus Bocak et al. 2019
G. †Murcybolus Li and Cai 2021
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Murcybolus longiantennus Li and Cai 2021
Tr. †Cretolycini Tihelka et al. 2019
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G. †Cretolycus Tihelka et al. 2019
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Cretolycus praecursor Tihelka et al. 2019
Subfm. Erotinae LeConte 1881
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Tr. Dictyopterini Houlbert 1922
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G. Helcophorus Fairmaire 1891
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Subg. Helcophorus (Helcophorus) Fairmaire 1891
Subg. Helcophorus (Thibeteros) Kazantsev 2015
G. †Hiekeolycus Winkler 1987
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Hiekeolycus berendti Winkler 1987
Hiekeolycus ekaterinae Kazantsev and Perkovsky 2022
Hiekeolycus winkleri Kazantsev and Yamamoto 2023
G. Kolibacium Winkler 1987
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Subg. †Kolibacium (Kolibacium) Winkler 1987
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Invalid names: Pietrzeniukia kunowi Winkler 1987 [synonym]
Invalid names: Pietrzeniukia Winkler 1987 [synonym]
Tr. Erotini LeConte 1881
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G. †Damzenium Kazantsev and Bocak 2022
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Damzenium rivnense Kazantsev and Bocak 2022
G. Pseudaplatopterus Kleine 1940
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Tr. Lopherotini Kazantsev 2012
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G. †Protolopheros Kazantsev 2013
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Protolopheros hoffeinsorum Kazantsev 2013
Invalid names: Dictyopterinae Houlbert 1922 [synonym]
Subfm. Lycinae Laporte 1836
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Tr. Calopterini Green 1949
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G. Falsoceratoprion Ferreira 2022
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Tr. Leptolycini Leng and Mutchler 1922
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G. Cessator Kazantsev 2009
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Cessator anachronicus Ferreira and Ivie 2022
Cessator brodzinskyi Ferreira and Ivie 2017
G. †Electropteron Kazantsev 2020
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Electropteron avus Kazantsev 2020
Invalid names: Electropterini Kazantsev 2013 [synonym]
Tr. Lycini Laporte 1836
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G. †Protolycus Kazantsev 2019
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Protolycus gedaniensis Kazantsev 2019
Tr. Platerotini Kleine 1929
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G. Plateros Bourgeois 1879
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Plateros jardinesi Kazantsev 2020
Invalid names: Metriorrhynchini Kleine 1926 [empty]
G. †Miocaenia Wickham 1914
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Miocaenia pectinicornis Wickham 1914
Invalid names: Ateliinae Kleine 1928 [empty], Calochrominae Lacordaire 1857 [empty], Leptolycinae Leng and Mutchler 1922 [empty], Metriorrhynchinae Kleine 1926 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 99.60000 to 15.97000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Burmolycus compactus (184841) Cretolycus praecursor, Murcybolus longiantennus (161726)
MP 1348.6 - 40.4Germany (Eifel) Lycidae indet. (135641)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Kolibacium balticum, Hiekeolycus berendti (109625) Protolycus gedaniensis (110737)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Ukraine Damzenium rivnense (207959) Helcophorus ekaterinae (113621)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Hiekeolycus winkleri (123493) Pietrzeniukia kunowi (123962) Pseudaplatopterus ascheelei (123771)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation Protolopheros hoffeinsorum, Helcophorus berendti (123419)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Miocaenia pectinicornis (106384)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Plateros jardinesi (216812)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Cessator brodzinskyi (122473) Cessator sp., Cessator anachronicus (122982) Electropteron avus (123344) Falsoceratoprion fumagalliae (228916)