Collops (beetle)

Collops is a genus of soft-winged flower beetles in the family Melyridae.^[1][2] There are over forty described species in Collops.^[3]

Collops quadrimaculatus

Collops

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

Species

These 66 species belong to the genus Collops:

• 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