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  • proper noun A taxonomic family within the superfamily Elateroidea — the net-winged beetles.

Etymologies

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Lycus +‎ -idae

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  • Many other species of Callia also resemble other malacoderms; and the longicorn genus Lycidola has been named from its resemblance to various species of the Lycidae, one of the species here figured (Lycidola belti) being a good mimic of Calopteron corrugatum and of several other allied species, all being of about the same size and found at Chontales.

    Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868

  • Neotonous netwing beetle (Coleoptera: Lycidae.) of

    WN.com - Articles related to Kill weeds with help from the sun 2010

  • Neotonous netwing beetle (Coleoptera: Lycidae.) of Oudomxay, Laos.

    WN.com - Articles related to Kill weeds with help from the sun 2010

  • This predaceous insect belongs to the family Lycidae, the net-winged beetles. photo details: Canon MP-E 65mm 1-5x macro lens on a Canon EOS 50D

    Myrmecos Blog 2009

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