Collops (beetle)
| Collops | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Melyridae |
| Subfamily: | Malachiinae |
| Tribe: | Malachiini |
| Genus: | Collops Erichson, 1840 |
Collops is a genus of soft-winged flower beetles in the family Melyridae.[1][2] There are over forty described species in Collops.[3]


Species
[edit]These 66 species belong to the genus Collops:
- Collops alatauensis Wittmer, 1992
- Collops arizonensis Marshall, 1951
- Collops aulicus Erichson, 1840
- Collops balteatus LeConte, 1852 (red cross beetle)
- Collops bicolripennis Pic, 1920
- Collops bipunctatus Say, 1823 (two-spotted melyrid)
- Collops blanda Erichson, 1840
- Collops blandus
- Collops bridgeri Tanner, 1936
- Collops carri Evers, 1993
- Collops cinctus Von Gebler, 1847
- Collops confluens LeConte, 1852
- Collops cribrosus LeConte, 1852
- Collops crusoe Fall, 1912
- Collops dimorphicus Russel, 1966
- Collops discretus Fall, 1912
- Collops dux Fall, 1912
- Collops eximius Erichson (synonym for C. nigriceps)
- Collops femoratus Schaeffer, 1912
- Collops flavicinctus Fall, 1910
- Collops flavicornis Dalman, 1823
- Collops flavolimbatus Champion, 1914
- Collops frontalis Gorham, 1914
- Collops gemina Erichson, 1840
- Collops georgianus Fall, 1910
- Collops grandis
- Collops granellus Fall, 1912
- Collops hirtellus LeConte, 1876 (hairy soft-winged flower beetle)
- Collops histrio Erichson, 1840
- Collops insulatus LeConte, 1866
- Collops knulli Marshall, 1951
- Collops laticollis Horn, 1870
- Collops lebasi Erichson, 1840
- Collops limbellus Gemminger and Harold, 1868
- Collops marginellus LeConte, 1852
- Collops marginicollis LeConte, 1852
- Collops necopinus Fall, 1912
- Collops nigerrimus Wittmer, 1992
- Collops nigriceps Say, 1823 (black-headed melyrid/eastern coastal collops)
- Collops nigritus Schaeffer, 1912
- Collops obscuricornis Champion, 1914
- Collops pallipes Marshall, 1951
- Collops parvus Schaeffer, 1912
- Collops peninsularis Marshall, 1951
- Collops pulchellus Horn, 1870
- Collops punctatus LeConte, 1852
- Collops punctulatus LeConte, 1852
- Collops quadriguttatus
- Collops quadrimaculatus Fabricius, 1798 (four-spotted collops)
- Collops reflexus LeConte, 1876
- Collops scutellatus Schaeffer, 1912
- Collops similis Schaeffer, 1912
- Collops simplex Marshall, 1951
- Collops subaenus Fall, 1912
- Collops sublimbatus Schaeffer, 1912 (considered a synonym of C. tricolor by Fall, 1912)
- Collops subtropicus Fall, 1912
- Collops susamirensis Wittmer, 1992
- Collops tibialis Schaeffer, 1912)
- Collops tricolor Say, 1823 (black-headed melyrid)
- Collops validus Horn, 1870
- Collops versatilis Fall, 1912
- Collops vicarius Fall, 1912
- Collops vittatus Say, 1823 (striped collops)
- † Collops desuetus Wickham, 1914
- † Collops extrusus Wickham, 1914
- † Collops priscus Wickham, 1914
References
[edit]- ^ "Collops". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
- ^ "Collops genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
- ^ Fall, H. C. (March 1912). "A Review of the North American Species of Collops (Col.)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 20. Pasadena, CA: New York Entomological Society: 249 - 274 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Further reading
[edit]- 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
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