Collops (beetle)

{{short description|Genus of beetles}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Collops P1330983a.jpg | taxon = Collops | authority = Erichson, 1840 | display_parents = 3 }}

'''''Collops''''' is a genus of soft-winged flower beetles in the family Melyridae.<ref name=gbif/><ref name=buglink/> There are over forty described species in ''Collops''.<ref>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.</ref> thumb|''Collops quadrimaculatus'' thumb| ''Collops''

==Species== These 66 species belong to the genus ''Collops'': {{Div col|colwidth=29em}} * ''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 {{Div col end}}

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=gbif> {{Cite web| title=''Collops'' | url=https://www.gbif.org/species/4713753 | website=GBIF | accessdate=2019-12-24 }}</ref>

<ref name=buglink> {{Cite web| title=''Collops'' genus Information | url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/7483 | website=BugGuide.net | accessdate=2019-12-24 }}</ref> }}

==Further reading== {{refbegin}} * {{Cite book | title = Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea | date = 2007 | editor-last1 = Lobl | editor-first1 = I. | editor-last2 = Smetana | editor-first2 = A. | publisher = Apollo Books | isbn = 978-8788757675 }} {{refend}}

==External links== {{refbegin}} * {{Commons-inline}} {{refend}}[https://insectoid.net/?coleoptera-collops Taxonomy of Genus Collops at Insectoid]{{Taxonbar|from=Q28817342}}

Category:Melyridae Category:Cleroidea genera Category:Taxa named by Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson {{cleroidea-stub}}

Collops (beetle)

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