# Lius

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***Lius*** is a genus of [metallic wood-boring beetles](/source/Metallic_wood-boring_beetle) in the family [Buprestidae](/source/Buprestidae). There are more than 120 described species in *Lius*, found in the [Neotropics](/source/Neotropical_realm) and Hawaii.[1][2][3][4]

## Species

These 126 species belong to the genus *Lius*:

- *[Lius aculeatus](/source/Lius_aculeatus)* (Gory, 1841)
- *[Lius adonis](/source/Lius_adonis)* Saunders, 1876
- *[Lius aeneicollis](/source/Lius_aeneicollis)* Kerremans, 1896
- *[Lius aeneovirens](/source/Lius_aeneovirens)* Obenberger, 1932
- *[Lius aeneus](/source/Lius_aeneus)* Kerremans, 1896
- *[Lius agriloides](/source/Lius_agriloides)* Kerremans, 1896
- *[Lius alvarengai](/source/Lius_alvarengai)* Cobos, 1967
- *[Lius amabilis](/source/Lius_amabilis)* Kerremans, 1896
- *[Lius amazoniae](/source/Lius_amazoniae)* Obenberger, 1932
- *[Lius aquiles](/source/Lius_aquiles)* Cobos, 1967
- *[Lius ares](/source/Lius_ares)* Saunders, 1876
- *[Lius aterrimus](/source/Lius_aterrimus)* Kerremans, 1900
- *[Lius atratus](/source/Lius_atratus)* Kerremans, 1896
- *[Lius atrocyaneus](/source/Lius_atrocyaneus)* Kerremans, 1899
- *[Lius auroseriatus](/source/Lius_auroseriatus)* Obenberger, 1940
- *[Lius bacchus](/source/Lius_bacchus)* Saunders, 1876
- *[Lius belial](/source/Lius_belial)* Obenberger, 1940
- *[Lius bergrothi](/source/Lius_bergrothi)* Obenberger, 1924
- *[Lius bicolor](/source/Lius_bicolor)* (Kirsch, 1873)
- *[Lius binderi](/source/Lius_binderi)* Obenberger, 1924
- *[Lius bolivianus](/source/Lius_bolivianus)* Obenberger, 1932
- *[Lius breviceps](/source/Lius_breviceps)* Kerremans, 1903
- *[Lius bronzeus](/source/Lius_bronzeus)* Kerremans, 1903
- *[Lius bruchi](/source/Lius_bruchi)* Kerremans, 1903
- *[Lius bucki](/source/Lius_bucki)* Cobos, 1967
- *[Lius buenavistae](/source/Lius_buenavistae)* Obenberger, 1932
- *[Lius callimicriformis](/source/Lius_callimicriformis)* Fisher, 1933
- *[Lius carinatus](/source/Lius_carinatus)* Kerremans, 1903
- *[Lius carmineus](/source/Lius_carmineus)* Kerremans, 1896
- *[Lius castor](/source/Lius_castor)* Saunders, 1876
- *[Lius clarus](/source/Lius_clarus)* Kerremans, 1897
- *[Lius coelestis](/source/Lius_coelestis)* Obenberger, 1923
- *[Lius coeruleus](/source/Lius_coeruleus)* Kerremans, 1900
- *[Lius conicus](/source/Lius_conicus)* (Gory & Laporte, 1840)
- *[Lius convexus](/source/Lius_convexus)* Kerremans, 1899
- *[Lius cordieri](/source/Lius_cordieri)* Obenberger, 1924
- *[Lius cuneiformis](/source/Lius_cuneiformis)* Fisher, 1922
- *[Lius cupreolus](/source/Lius_cupreolus)* Obenberger, 1923
- *[Lius cupreus](/source/Lius_cupreus)* Kerremans, 1903
- *[Lius cupricollis](/source/Lius_cupricollis)* Thomson, 1879
- *[Lius cyanellus](/source/Lius_cyanellus)* Kerremans, 1896
- *[Lius cycnus](/source/Lius_cycnus)* Saunders, 1876
- *[Lius dichrous](/source/Lius_dichrous)* Obenberger, 1924
- *[Lius difficilis](/source/Lius_difficilis)* (Waterhouse, 1889)
- *[Lius dimidiatus](/source/Lius_dimidiatus)* Kerremans, 1897
- *[Lius dissimilis](/source/Lius_dissimilis)* Waterhouse, 1889
- *[Lius elateroides](/source/Lius_elateroides)* Kerremans, 1896
- *[Lius elongatus](/source/Lius_elongatus)* Kerremans, 1896
- *[Lius emarginatus](/source/Lius_emarginatus)* (Kirsch, 1873)
- *[Lius eolo](/source/Lius_eolo)* Cobos, 1967
- *[Lius ephialtes](/source/Lius_ephialtes)* Saunders, 1876
- *[Lius exiguus](/source/Lius_exiguus)* (Gory & Laporte, 1840)
- *[Lius fennahi](/source/Lius_fennahi)* Théry, 1947
- *[Lius finitimus](/source/Lius_finitimus)* Obenberger, 1923
- *[Lius geraensis](/source/Lius_geraensis)* Obenberger, 1940
- *[Lius gounelli](/source/Lius_gounelli)* Kerremans, 1903
- *[Lius grouvellei](/source/Lius_grouvellei)* Kerremans, 1896
- *[Lius hades](/source/Lius_hades)* Saunders, 1876
- *[Lius hector](/source/Lius_hector)* Napp, 1972
- *[Lius helios](/source/Lius_helios)* Saunders, 1876
- *[Lius hercules](/source/Lius_hercules)* Saunders, 1876
- *[Lius hespenheidei](/source/Lius_hespenheidei)* Bellamy, 1998
- *[Lius hintoni](/source/Lius_hintoni)* Fisher, 1933
- *[Lius holochalceus](/source/Lius_holochalceus)* Kerremans, 1896
- *[Lius ignifrons](/source/Lius_ignifrons)* Thomson, 1879
- *[Lius ignitus](/source/Lius_ignitus)* (Gory & Laporte, 1840)
- *[Lius inconspicuus](/source/Lius_inconspicuus)* (Waterhouse, 1889)
- *[Lius jakowleffi](/source/Lius_jakowleffi)* Kerremans, 1903
- *[Lius joukli](/source/Lius_joukli)* Obenberger, 1924
- *[Lius jubilans](/source/Lius_jubilans)* (Waterhouse, 1889)
- *[Lius lafertei](/source/Lius_lafertei)* Thomson, 1878
- *[Lius laticeps](/source/Lius_laticeps)* Kerremans, 1903
- *[Lius lenkoi](/source/Lius_lenkoi)* Cobos, 1967
- *[Lius leo](/source/Lius_leo)* Cobos, 1967
- *[Lius longulus](/source/Lius_longulus)* (Waterhouse, 1889)
- *[Lius maerens](/source/Lius_maerens)* (Gory, 1841)
- *[Lius magdalenae](/source/Lius_magdalenae)* Obenberger, 1932
- *[Lius magnus](/source/Lius_magnus)* Kerremans, 1897
- *[Lius mequignoni](/source/Lius_mequignoni)* Obenberger, 1932
- *[Lius mexicanus](/source/Lius_mexicanus)* Fisher, 1922
- *[Lius minutus](/source/Lius_minutus)* Kerremans, 1896
- *[Lius modestus](/source/Lius_modestus)* Kerremans, 1897
- *[Lius mrazi](/source/Lius_mrazi)* Obenberger, 1923
- *[Lius nigerrimus](/source/Lius_nigerrimus)* Kerremans, 1896
- *[Lius observans](/source/Lius_observans)* (Kirsch, 1873)
- *[Lius orion](/source/Lius_orion)* Obenberger, 1923
- *[Lius otus](/source/Lius_otus)* Saunders, 1876
- *[Lius paraguayensis](/source/Lius_paraguayensis)* Obenberger, 1923
- *[Lius parvulus](/source/Lius_parvulus)* Waterhouse, 1889
- *[Lius pauli](/source/Lius_pauli)* Obenberger, 1923
- *[Lius pereirai](/source/Lius_pereirai)* Cobos, 1967
- *[Lius phlegmon](/source/Lius_phlegmon)* Obenberger, 1923
- *[Lius pilithorax](/source/Lius_pilithorax)* Obenberger, 1932
- *[Lius placidus](/source/Lius_placidus)* (Waterhouse, 1889)
- *[Lius pluto](/source/Lius_pluto)* Cobos, 1967
- *[Lius politus](/source/Lius_politus)* Saunders, 1876
- *[Lius pollux](/source/Lius_pollux)* Saunders, 1876
- *[Lius poseidon](/source/Lius_poseidon)* Napp, 1972
- *[Lius preissi](/source/Lius_preissi)* Obenberger, 1923
- *[Lius protractulus](/source/Lius_protractulus)* Obenberger, 1940
- *[Lius proximus](/source/Lius_proximus)* Thomson, 1879
- *[Lius puberulus](/source/Lius_puberulus)* Obenberger, 1923
- *[Lius purpurescens](/source/Lius_purpurescens)* Thomson, 1879
- *[Lius reflexus](/source/Lius_reflexus)* Kerremans, 1903
- *[Lius rugosus](/source/Lius_rugosus)* Kerremans, 1903
- *[Lius sagittus](/source/Lius_sagittus)* Obenberger, 1923
- *[Lius semenovi](/source/Lius_semenovi)* Obenberger, 1932
- *[Lius simplex](/source/Lius_simplex)* Thomson, 1879
- *[Lius simulator](/source/Lius_simulator)* Obenberger, 1924
- *[Lius skrlandti](/source/Lius_skrlandti)* Obenberger, 1932
- *[Lius splendens](/source/Lius_splendens)* Fisher, 1933
- *[Lius strandi](/source/Lius_strandi)* Obenberger, 1923
- *[Lius strigosus](/source/Lius_strigosus)* Kerremans, 1903
- *[Lius subtilipilis](/source/Lius_subtilipilis)* Obenberger, 1940
- *[Lius tantillus](/source/Lius_tantillus)* Obenberger, 1924
- *[Lius tenebrosus](/source/Lius_tenebrosus)* Cobos, 1967
- *[Lius tenuifrons](/source/Lius_tenuifrons)* Obenberger, 1932
- *[Lius tercus](/source/Lius_tercus)* Saunders, 1876
- *[Lius tomentosus](/source/Lius_tomentosus)* Thomson, 1879
- *[Lius tristis](/source/Lius_tristis)* Kerremans, 1897
- *[Lius tucumanus](/source/Lius_tucumanus)* (Kerremans, 1887)
- *[Lius vanrooni](/source/Lius_vanrooni)* Obenberger, 1923
- *[Lius variabilis](/source/Lius_variabilis)* Waterhouse, 1889
- *[Lius vicinus](/source/Lius_vicinus)* Kerremans, 1899
- *[Lius viridis](/source/Lius_viridis)* Kerremans, 1897
- *[Lius waterhousei](/source/Lius_waterhousei)* Hespenheide, 1973

## References

1. ["ITIS report, *Lius*"](https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=808746). Retrieved 2025-01-26.

1. ["GBIF, *Lius*"](https://www.gbif.org/species/4729038). Retrieved 2025-01-26.

1. ["Catalogue of Life, *Lius* Deyrolle, 1865"](https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/CB6BC). Retrieved 2025-01-26.

1. Bellamy, C.L. (2013). ["The World of Jewel Beetles"](http://cerambycids.com/buprestidae/). Retrieved 2025-01-26.

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