Lycini

Probably Calochromus, copyright Mike Quinn.

Belongs within: Lycidae.

The Lycini are a group of soft-bodied beetles in which the junction between the trochanters and femora is transverse rather than oblique (Bourgeois 1889). Members of the genus Lycus are mostly Afrotropical in distribution and may be found gathered in large numbers on flowering trees (Bouchard 2014).

<==Lycini B89
    |  i. s.: Lycus B14
    |           |--L. (Charactus) australis (n. d.) [=Calopteron australe] L09
    |           |--L. cinctus [=Charactus cinctus; incl. L. suturalis] B35
    |           |--L. collaris B35
    |           |--L. constrictus I92
    |           |--L. crocicollis Boisduval 1835 B35
    |           |--L. dorycus Boisduval 1835 B35
    |           |--L. ephippiger B35
    |           |--L. formosus [incl. Cladophorus dimidiatus] B35
    |           |--L. funestus B35
    |           |--L. latissimus B14
    |           |--L. melanurus Dalman 1817 B14
    |           |--L. ochraceus (n. d.) [=Metriorrhynchus ochraceus] L09
    |           |--L. palliatus L02
    |           |--L. pallidus B35
    |           |--L. parallelus B35
    |           |--L. ruficollis B35
    |           |--L. sanguineus L02
    |           `--L. thoracicus B35
    `--Calochromi B89
         |--Micronychus B89
         |--Euchleochrous B89
         `--Calochromus Guér. 1833 L09 [incl. Eurycerus B89]
              |--C. amabilis Lea 1898 L09
              |--C. basalis Waterh. 1877 L09
              |--C. chalybeus Bourgeois 1889 B89
              |--C. cucullatus Blackb. 1900 L09
              |--C. dentipes Lea 1909 L09
              |--C. distinguendus Fairm. 1883 L09
              |--C. glaucopterus Guér. 1833 [incl. C. formosus Macleay 1886] B89
              |--C. guerinii MacLeay 1872 L09, B89 [incl. C. discicollis Fairm. 1877 L09]
              |--C. insidiator Fairm. 1879 L09
              |--C. mastersi Lea 1909 L09
              |--C. minor Lea 1909 L09
              |--C. ornaticollis Bourgeois 1889 B89
              |--C. rostratus Blackb. 1900 L09
              |--C. scutellaris (Er. 1842) (see below for synonymy) L09
              |--C. simillimus Blackb. 1900 L09
              |--C. sumatrensis Bourgeois 1889 B89
              `--C. velutinus B89

Calochromus scutellaris (Er. 1842) [=Anarhynchus scutellaris; incl. C. bremei Le Guill. 1844, C. nodicollis Bourg. 1883] L09

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[B35] Boisduval, J. B. 1835. Voyage de Découvertes de l’Astrolabe. Exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune entomologique de l'océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage vol. 2. Coléoptères et autres ordres. J. Tastu: Paris.

[B14] Bouchard, P. (ed.) 2014. The Book of Beetles: A lifesize guide to six hundred of nature's gems. Ivy Press: Lewes (United Kingdom).

[B89] Bourgeois, J. 1889. Lycides nouveaux ou peu connus du Musée Civique de Gênes. Deuxiéme Mémoire. Premiére partie. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie 2^a, 7: 288–292.

[I92] Imes, R. 1992. The Practical Entomologist. Aurum Press: London.

[L02] Latreille, P. A. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes vol. 3. Familles naturelles des genres. F. Dufart: Paris.

[L09] Lea, A. M. 1909. Revision of the Australian and Tasmanian Malacodermidae. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1909 (1): 45–251, pls 2–6.

Last updated: 12 October 2018.