Collops is a genus of soft-winged flower beetles in the family Melyridae. There are over forty described species in Collops.
Species
These 66 species belong to the genus Collops:
- Collops alatauensis <small>Wittmer, 1992</small>
- Collops arizonensis <small>Marshall, 1951</small>
- Collops aulicus <small>Erichson, 1840</small>
- Collops balteatus <small>LeConte, 1852</small> (red cross beetle)
- Collops bicolripennis <small>Pic, 1920</small>
- Collops bipunctatus <small>Say, 1823</small> (two-spotted melyrid)
- Collops blanda <small>Erichson, 1840</small>
- Collops blandus
- Collops bridgeri <small>Tanner, 1936</small>
- Collops carri <small>Evers, 1993</small>
- Collops cinctus <small>Von Gebler, 1847</small>
- Collops confluens <small>LeConte, 1852</small>
- Collops cribrosus <small>LeConte, 1852</small>
- Collops crusoe <small>Fall, 1912</small>
- Collops dimorphicus <small>Russel, 1966</small>
- Collops discretus <small>Fall, 1912</small>
- Collops dux <small>Fall, 1912</small>
- Collops eximius <small>Erichson</small> (synonym for C. nigriceps)
- Collops femoratus <small>Schaeffer, 1912</small>
- Collops flavicinctus <small>Fall, 1910</small>
- Collops flavicornis <small>Dalman, 1823</small>
- Collops flavolimbatus <small>Champion, 1914</small>
- Collops frontalis <small>Gorham, 1914</small>
- Collops gemina <small>Erichson, 1840</small>
- Collops georgianus <small>Fall, 1910</small>
- Collops grandis
- Collops granellus <small>Fall, 1912</small>
- Collops hirtellus <small>LeConte, 1876</small> (hairy soft-winged flower beetle)
- Collops histrio <small>Erichson, 1840</small>
- Collops insulatus <small>LeConte, 1866</small>
- Collops knulli <small>Marshall, 1951</small>
- Collops laticollis <small>Horn, 1870</small>
- Collops lebasi <small>Erichson, 1840</small>
- Collops limbellus <small>Gemminger and Harold, 1868</small>
- Collops marginellus <small>LeConte, 1852</small>
- Collops marginicollis <small>LeConte, 1852</small>
- Collops necopinus <small>Fall, 1912</small>
- Collops nigerrimus <small>Wittmer, 1992</small>
- Collops nigriceps <small>Say, 1823</small> (black-headed melyrid/eastern coastal collops)
- Collops nigritus <small>Schaeffer, 1912</small>
- Collops obscuricornis <small>Champion, 1914</small>
- Collops pallipes <small>Marshall, 1951</small>
- Collops parvus <small>Schaeffer, 1912</small>
- Collops peninsularis <small>Marshall, 1951</small>
- Collops pulchellus <small>Horn, 1870</small>
- Collops punctatus <small>LeConte, 1852</small>
- Collops punctulatus <small>LeConte, 1852</small>
- Collops quadriguttatus
- Collops quadrimaculatus <small>Fabricius, 1798</small> (four-spotted collops)
- Collops reflexus <small>LeConte, 1876</small>
- Collops scutellatus <small>Schaeffer, 1912</small>
- Collops similis <small>Schaeffer, 1912</small>
- Collops simplex <small>Marshall, 1951</small>
- Collops subaenus <small>Fall, 1912</small>
- Collops sublimbatus <small>Schaeffer, 1912</small> (considered a synonym of C. tricolor by Fall, 1912)
- Collops subtropicus <small>Fall, 1912</small>
- Collops susamirensis <small>Wittmer, 1992</small>
- Collops tibialis <small>Schaeffer, 1912)</small>
- Collops tricolor <small>Say, 1823</small> (black-headed melyrid)
- Collops validus <small>Horn, 1870</small>
- Collops versatilis <small>Fall, 1912</small>
- Collops vicarius <small>Fall, 1912</small>
- Collops vittatus <small>Say, 1823</small> (striped collops)
- â Collops desuetus <small>Wickham, 1914</small>
- â Collops extrusus <small>Wickham, 1914</small>
- â Collops priscus <small>Wickham, 1914</small>
References
Further reading
External links
Taxonomy of Genus Collops at Insectoid