Lycini | |
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The upper side of Lycus melanurus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Lycidae |
Subfamily: | Lycinae |
Tribe: | Lycini Laporte, 1836 |
The Lycini is a species-rich beetle tribe belonging to the subfamily Lycinae[1]
The Lycini is defined by the presence of the rostrum, flat, serrate to parallel-sided antennomeres 3–10, absent pronotal carinae, weak longitudinal and absent or irregular transverse costae in the elytra, tubular mesothoracic spiracles, the spoon-shaped phallobase, short parameres, a long and slender phallus, large lateral glands in the female sexual duct, short valvifers and the short spermaduct.[1]
Afrotropical, Palaearctic, Oriental, Australian (Sulawesi and Timor only), Nearctic and Neotropical (northern part only) regions.[2][3]
A 2021 study delimited the following genera based on mito-ribosomal data.[1]