Erotides
Sign in to saveErotides is a genus of net-winged beetles in the family Lycidae. It is placed within the subfamily Lycinae and the tribe Erotini, a diverse lineage within Lycinae characterized by aposematic coloration and mimicry complexes. Species of Erotides are distributed in the Oriental and Australasian regions and are characterized by soft bodies, reticulate elytra, and aposematic coloration.
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Vinony files it under Insects described in 1879, Lycidae and Taxa named by Charles Owen Waterhouse.
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Erotides is a genus of net-winged beetles in the family Lycidae. It is placed within the subfamily Lycinae and the tribe Erotini, a diverse lineage within Lycinae characterized by aposematic coloration and mimicry complexes. Species of Erotides are distributed in the Oriental and Australasian regions and are characterized by soft bodies, reticulate elytra, and aposematic coloration.
== Description == Species of Erotides are medium-sized lycid beetles with elongated, somewhat flattened bodies. The elytra are strongly costate and reticulate, forming the characteristic net-like pattern typical of the family Lycidae. Like other lycid beetles, members of Erotides are chemically defended and unpalatable, and they are believed to participate in Müllerian and Batesian mimicry complexes with other beetles and insects.
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