The Lycini (Elateroidea: Lycidae) contains > 400 species placed in four typologically based genera and numerous subgenera. We assembled a mito-ribosomal dataset representing ~100 species from the whole range and recovered a phylogeny rejecting Lycus and Lycostomus as polyphyletic assemblages. The male-specific wide elytra and elytral thorns are identified in unrelated Neolycus and Lycus. The morphological similarity based on sexual dimorphism and aposematic patterns defined terminal clades and misled the genus-rank classification. We delimit Neolycus, Rhyncheros reinst. name (= Thoracocalon syn. nov. = Lyconotus syn. nov.), LipernesLycostomus, Haplolycus and Lycus. Demosis and six subgenera of Lycus are synonymized with Lycus. Celiasis Laporte, 1840 is kept in the classification as a nomen dubium until any specimen is available. The deep lineages are known from the Americas and Asia. Africa was colonized by Lycus and Haplolycus. Each specific aposematic pattern occurs in a limited range, and the similar body shape and coloration evolved in unrelated sympatrically occurring lineages. High intraspecific polymorphism is putatively a result of the adaptation of various populations to local mimetic assemblages. Therefore, the delimitation of many phenotypically diverse species should be investigated.

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性二态性格和共有的姿势模式误导了Lycini（鞘翅目：Lycidae）基于形态的分类

Lycini（Elateroidea：Lycidae）包含> 400种，位于四个以类型学为基础的属和众多亚属中。我们组装了一个代表整个范围内约100个物种的线粒体-核糖体数据集，并恢复了拒绝多形组合Lycus和Lycostomus的系统发育。男性特有的宽鞘翅与鞘翅刺在确定无关Neolycus和Lycus。基于性二态性和定性模式的形态相似性定义了末端进化枝并误导了属秩分类。我们划定了新lycus，Rhincheros reinst。名称（= Thoracocalon syn。nov。= Lyconotus syn。nov。），Lipernes Lycostomus，单倍体和Lycus。Lycus的sis虫和六个亚属被称为Lycus。Celiasis Laporte，1840年被归类为nomen dubium，直到可以得到任何标本为止。美洲和亚洲深有渊源。非洲被Lycus和Haplolycus殖民。每个特定的姿势模式都在有限的范围内发生，并且相似的身体形状和颜色在无关的同伴发生的世系中演变。较高的种内多态性推测是各种种群适应本地模拟组合的结果。因此，应该研究许多表型多样的物种的划界。