Collops (beetle)

Genus of beetles

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. There are more than 30 described species in Collops.[1][2]

Collops quadrimaculatus Collops

## Species

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These 39 species belong to the genus Collops:

* Collops arizonensis Marshall
* Collops balteatus (red cross beetle)
* Collops bipunctatus (Say, 1823) (two-spotted melyrid)
* Collops blandus
* Collops cribrosus LeConte, 1852
* Collops crusoe
* Collops discretus Fall, 1912
* Collops dux Fall, 1912
* Collops eximius
* Collops flavicinctus
* Collops georgianus
* Collops grandis
* Collops hirtellus LeConte, 1876
* Collops histrio
* Collops insulatus
* Collops knulli
* Collops limbellus
* Collops marginellus
* Collops marginicollis
* Collops necopinus
* Collops nigriceps (black-headed melyrid)
* Collops nigritus Schaeffer
* Collops pallipes
* Collops parvus Schaeffer
* Collops punctatus
* Collops punctulatus
* Collops quadriguttatus
* Collops quadrimaculatus (Fabricius, 1798) (four-spotted collops)
* Collops reflexus
* Collops simplex
* Collops sublimbatus Schaeffer
* Collops tibialis Schaeffer, 1912
* Collops tricolor (Say, 1823)
* Collops versatilis Fall, 1912
* Collops vicarius
* Collops vittatus (Say, 1823) (melyrid beetle)
* † Collops desuetus Wickham, 1914
* † Collops extrusus Wickham, 1914
* † Collops priscus Wickham, 1914

## References

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1. ^ "Collops". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
2. ^ "Collops genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-12-24.

## Further reading

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* 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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* Media related to Collops at Wikimedia Commons

Taxon identifiers

Collops|

* Wikidata: Q28817342
* BOLD: 3342
* BugGuide: 7483
* EPPO: 1CLLPG
* GBIF: 4713753
* iNaturalist: 174274
* IRMNG: 1440096
* NatureServe: 2.918186
* NCBI: 219423
* Open Tree of Life: 372248
* Paleobiology Database: 228753

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