Lycus foliaceus is a species of beetle belonging to the Lycidae family.[2][3]
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| Museum specimen of a male from Guinea-Bissau | |
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| Species: | L. foliaceus
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| Lycus foliaceus Dalman, 1817[1]
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Description edit
Males of the species have expanded elytra, with prominent shoulders and a blackish apex. Those of females are comparatively narrow.[4]
Distribution edit
This species occurs in Sierra Leone and Guinea-Bissau.[3][5][6]
References edit
- ^ Global Names Index
- ^ Zipcodezoo Archived 2015-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Schoenherr, C. J. Synonymia insectorum, Appendix, pag. 26 Stockholm, E. Bruzelius,1806
- ^ A. Murray On Goleoptera from Old Calabar
- ^ Collection of Siberian Zoological Museum
- ^ Carl Peter Thunberg,Mauritz Kahn Fauna Guineensis
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