Caloptognatha Green, 1954: 55

Motyka, Michal, Masek, Michal & Bocak, Ladislav, 2017, Congruence between morphology and molecular phylogeny: the reclassification of Calochromini (Coleoptera: Lycidae) and their dispersal history, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (Zool. J. Linn. Soc.) 180 (1), pp. 47-65 : 57

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scientific name	Caloptognatha Green, 1954: 55
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Caloptognatha Green, 1954: 55 View in CoL .

Type species: Caloptognatha beameri Green, 1954: 56 (original designation).

Differential diagnosis: Caloptognatha differs from other genera in having densely pubescent elytral costae. Additionally, Lygistopterus , Lucaina and Macrolygistopterus occur in the New World and the latter two have a long rostrum while Lygistopterus is easily distinguishable by wide, parallel-sided parameres.

Distribution: USA: Arizona.

Remarks: Green (1954) noted that Caloptognatha is unique among the Nearctic genera due to sparse and unequally distributed elytral pubescence, but this character is shared with Lucaina . Unfortunately, Caloptognatha , despite its occurrence in western USA, has not been collected again. As the type was inaccessible, we provisionally classify Caloptognatha as related to Lucaina and its definitive position can be resolved with further material.