Prototrichalus is transferred to the Tenebrionoidea: a comment on , 'The description of Prototrichalus gen. nov. and three new species from Burmese amber supports a mid-Cretaceous origin of the Metriorrhynchini (Coleoptera, Lycidae).'
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104837
Abstract: Abstract Newly available specimens of Prototrichalus Molino-Olmedo et al., 2020 yield further diagnostic characters for the phylogenetic classification of this recently described genus. We show that Prototrichalus has tarsal formula 5-5-4, short trochanters, kidney-shaped eyes; the… read more here.
Keywords: net winged; prototrichalus transferred; prototrichalus; origin metriorrhynchini ... See more keywords
Sexually dimorphic characters and shared aposematic patterns mislead the morphology-based classification of the Lycini (Coleoptera: Lycidae)
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DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa055
Abstract: The Lycini (Elateroidea: Lycidae) contains > 400 species placed in four typologically based genera and numerous subgenera. We assembled a mito-ribosomal dataset representing ~100 species from the whole range and recovered a phylogeny rejecting Lycus and Lycostomus… read more here.
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Currhaeus, a new genus of net-winged beetles and phylogenetic analysis of Eurrhacini (Coleoptera: Lycidae: Lycinae).
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DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4869.3.5
Abstract: A new genus of Neotropical Lycidae, Currhaeus gen. nov., is herein proposed as the second Eurrhacini genus lacking parameres in male genitalia. Seven new species are described: Currhaeus striatus sp. nov., C. nigroapicalis sp. nov.,… read more here.
Keywords: net winged; new genus; currhaeus new; winged beetles ... See more keywords
New genus of erotine net-winged beetles, Damzenium gen. nov. (Coleoptera: Lycidae), from Eocene Rovno amber.
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DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5154.5.6
Abstract: A new genus and a new species of erotine net-winged beetles, Damzenium rivnense gen., sp. nov., are described from late Eocene Rovno amber of Ukraine. The new taxon is placed in the tribe Erotini (Lycidae:… read more here.
Keywords: net winged; winged beetles; lycidae; new genus ... See more keywords