“…When comparing the chaotic situation in the taxonomic knowledge of Elateroidea beetles in the Neotropical region (e.g., Lampyridae with Photinus Laporte, Phengodidae with Cenophengus LeConte, Omethidae with Telegeusis Barber, to mention a few), Lycidae are among the better studied groups in this superfamily. In the past two decades many of the most specious tribes found in the Neotropical region have been reviewed (Calopterini and Platerodini) (Bocakova, 2001(Bocakova, , 2005, some genera have been revised (e.g., Bocakova et al, 2012;Ferreira, 2016;) and several new taxa described (e.g., Ferreira, 2015Ferreira, , 2016Kazantsev, 2013Kazantsev, , 2017, while several world level phylogenies and classifications have been proposed (Bocak & Bocakova, 2008;Kazantsev, 2013;Masek et al, 2018;Kusy et al, 2019) helping to slowly, but steadily, elucidate the huge gap in taxonomic knowledge in this diverse but still understudied family of beetles. Despite the progress, much still remains unknown and some of the most diverse and abundant and specious groups of Lycidae in the Neotropical region, such as Calopteron Guérin-Méneville, 1830 (Lycinae, Calopterini) and Plateros Bourgeois, 1879 (Lycinae, Platerodini), to mention two very emblematic cases, are almost impossible to be identified at species level.…”