Leptoceletes
Green, 1952
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3Leptoceletes is a of net-winged beetles in the Lycidae, established by Green in 1952. The genus comprises approximately five described distributed in the Nearctic region, including North America and Colombia. As members of the Lycidae family, these beetles possess the characteristic reticulate wing venation that gives net-winged beetles their .
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How to pronounce Leptoceletes: //ˌlɛptoʊˈsɛlɪtiːz//
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Identification
Leptoceletes can be distinguished from other lycid by the combination of antennal structure and elytral characteristics described in the original genus by Green (1952). -level identification requires examination of specific morphological features including pronotal and elytral coloration patterns and male genitalia. The genus was separated from Celetes based on these diagnostic traits.
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Distribution
Documented from the United States (including Vermont) and Colombia. The appears to have a disjunct Nearctic distribution with records from both North America and northern South America.
Similar Taxa
- CeletesHistorically congeneric; Leptoceletes was split from Celetes by Green (1952) based on distinct morphological characters including antennal and elytral features
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Nomenclatural history
The was established by Green in 1952, with two transferred from Celetes: Leptoceletes basalis (originally described by LeConte in 1847) and two newly described species, L. dehiscens and L. pallidus. The species Celetes pectinifer and C. quadricollis, originally described by Kiesenwetter in 1874, are now placed in Leptoceletes.