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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Family: | Lycidae |
| Tribe: | Calopterini |
| Genus: | Calopteron Laporte, 1838 |
Calopteron is a genus of net-winged beetles in the family Lycidae.
They are toxic and have aposematic coloration. Some species of moths are mimics (Lycomorpha pholus, Pyromorpha dimidiata).
There are about 13 described species in Calopteron.
Species
These 13 species belong to the genus Calopteron:
- Calopteron anxium Bourgeois, 1879
- Calopteron cyanipenne Pic, 1922
- Calopteron discrepans (Newman, 1838) (banded net-winged beetle)
- Calopteron leovazquezae Zaragoza-Caballero, 1996
- Calopteron megalopteron LeConte, 1861
- Calopteron quadraticollle Taschenberg, 1874
- Calopteron reticulatum (Fabricius, 1775) (banded net-wing)
- Calopteron scenicum Bourgeois, 1889
- Calopteron serratum (L., 1758)
- Calopteron terminale (Say, 1823) (end band net-wing)
- Calopteron terminatum Latreille, 1833
- Calopteron tricolor Olivier, 1790
- Calopteron tropicum (L., 1764)
References
- ^ "Calopteron genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
- "Calopteron Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
- "Calopteron". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
Further reading
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.
External links
Media related to Calopteron at Wikimedia Commons
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