Erotylidae
| Pleasing fungus beetles | |
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| Some pleasing fungus beetles described in the 19th century | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Cucujoidea |
| Family: | Erotylidae Latreille, 1802 [1] |
| Subfamilies | |
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Toramus pulchellus
Ischyrus quadripunctatus
Acropteroxys gracilis (tribe Languriini)
Erotylidae, or the pleasing fungus beetles, is a family of beetles containing over 100 genera. In the present circumscription, it contains 6 tribes (Tritomini, , , , , and Languriini) and 10 subfamilies (, , , Erotylinae, , , , , , and Xenoscelinae).[1] In other words, the narrowly circumscribed Erotylidae correspond to the subfamily Erotylinae in the definition sensu lato. There are doubts on the monophyly of lower ranked taxa within Erotylidae, with further phylogenetic studies requiring better sampling and studies of unexplored character sets, for example the metendosternite and penile flagellum, which are generally lacking detailed morphological studies within the Coleoptera literature.[2]
Erotylidae feed on plant and fungal matter; some are important pollinators (e.g. of the ancient cycads), while a few have gained notoriety as pests of some significance. Sometimes, useful and harmful species are found in one genus, e.g. Pharaxonotha. Most pleasing fungus beetles, however, are inoffensive animals of little significance to humans.
Selected genera[]
These 160 genera belong to the family Erotylidae:
- Acropteroxys Gorham, 1887 i c g b
- Fabricius, 1801 g
- Lacordaire, 1842 g
- Gorham, 1888
- Gorham, 1887 g
- Alvarenga, 1965 g
- Reitter
- Lacordaire, 1842
- Bacis Dejean, 1836 g
- Chevrolat, 1836 g
- Grouvelle
- Zablotny & Leschen, 1996
- Brachysphaenus
- Gorham, 1887 g
- Camptocarpus
- Cathartocryptus Sharp, 1886 i c g
- Ljubarsky, 1997
- Motschulsky
- Hope, 1841
- Sharp, 1900
- Combocerus Bedel, 1868 g
- Crotch, 1876
- Fowler
- Sharp, 1878 g
- Cryptophilus Reitter, 1874 i c g b
- Xu, Tang & Skelley, 2015 g
- Cypherotylus Crotch, 1873
- Cyrtomorphus Lacordaire, 1842 g
- Dacne Latrielle, 1796
- Arrow, 1925 g
- Dasydactylus Gorham, 1887 i c g b
- White, 1850 g
- Chevrolat, 1836 g
- Sharp
- Lacordaire, 1842 g
- Fowler, 1908 g
- Episcapha Dejean, 1837
- Crotch
- Curran, 1944 g
- Erotylus Fabricius, 1775
- Lewis, 1887
- Haematochiton Gorham, 1888 i c g b
- Hapalips Reitter, 1877 i c g b
- Reitter, 1878
- Hirsutotriplax Skelley, 1993 i c g b
- Hope, 1841
- Lea, 1922
- g
- Iphiclus Chevrolat, 1836 g
- Ischyrus Lacordaire, 1842 i c g b
- Languria Latreille, 1802 i c g b
- Languriomorpha
- Langurites Motschulsky, 1860 i c g b
- Lepidotoramus Leschen, 1997 i c g
- Rosenhauer, 1856
- Chûjô, 1974 g
- Bedel, 1882
- Reitter
- Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1969 i c g
- Reitter
- Loberus LeConte, 1861 i c g b
- Reitter, 1875 i c g
- Lacordaire, 1842 g
- Hope
- Motschulsky
- Megalodacne Crotch, 1873 i c g b
- Crotch, 1873 g
- Crotch, 1875 g
- Lewis
- Microsternus Lewis, 1887 i c g b
- Mimodacne
- Mycetaea Stephens, 1829
- Crotch, 1876
- Lacordaire, 1842 g
- Mycotretus Lacordaire, 1842 i c g b
- Maeda, 1974 g
- Chûjô, 1976 g
- Leschen, 2003 i c g
- Alvarenga, 1965 g
- Dai & Zhao, 2013 g
- [verification needed]
- Crotch, 1875 g
- Chevrolat, 1836 g
- Heller, 1920 g
- Sharp, 1900
- Crotch, 1875 g
- Mader, 1939 g
- Zablotny & Leschen, 1996
- Fowler
- g
- Pediacus
- Kolbe
- Pharaxonotha Reitter, 1875 i c g b
- Crotch, 1876 g
- Sharp
- Erichson, 1847 g
- Leschen, 2003 i c g
- Percheron, 1835 g
- Jacobson, 1904
- Champion
- Sharp
- Pseudischyrus Casey, 1916 i c g b
- Gorham, 1888 g
- Arrow, 1925 g
- Gorham, 1888 g
- Scaphidomorphus Hope, 1841 g
- Heller, 1918
- Delkeskamp, 1957 g
- Jakobson, 1915 g
- Lacordaire, 1842 g
- Crotch, 1875 g
- Chevrolat, 1836 g
- Kirsch, 1865 g
- *
- Crotch, 1875 g
- g
- Arrow, 1925 g
- Crotch
- Arrow, 1925 g
- Grouvelle, 1903
- Toramus Grouvelle, 1916 i c g b
- Fowler, 1887 g
- Gorham, 1901
- Triplax Herbst, 1793 i c g b
- Tritoma Fabricius, 1775 i c g b
- b
- Chevrolat, 1837 g
- Arrow, 1929
- Lyubarsky & Perkovsky, 2012 g
- Grouvelle, 1910 g
- Wollaston, 1864 g
- Wollaston, 1864 g
- Zavaljus Reitter, 1880 g* Acropteroxys Gorham, 1887
- (= Oligocorynus)
- Westwood, 1874
Data sources: i = ITIS,[3] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[6]
References[]
- ^ a b "Erotylidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ Pecci-Maddalena, Italo Salvatore De Castro; Lopes-Andrade, Cristiano; Skelley, Paul (2021). "The metendosternite and penile flagellum: two unexplored character systems of pleasing fungus beetles (Coleoptera: Erotylidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 193 (3): 953–972. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa152.
- ^ "Erotylidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
- ^ "Browse Erotylidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
- ^ "Erotylidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
- ^ "Erotylidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
- R. A. B. Leschen (2003). Erotylidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cucujoidea): phylogeny and review (Part 1). Fauna of New Zealand 47. Manaaki Whenua Press, New Zealand. pp. 108 pp. ISBN 0-478-09350-0.
- J. A. Robertson, J. V. McHugh & M. F. Whiting (2004). "A molecular phylogenetic analysis of the pleasing fungus beetles (Coleoptera: Erotylidae): evolution of colour patterns, gregariousness and mycophagy". Systematic Entomology. 29 (2): 173–187. doi:10.1111/j.0307-6970.2004.00242.x. S2CID 49331843.
- T. Sen Gupta & R. A. Crowson (1971). "A review of the classification of the family Languriidae (Coleoptera: Clavicornia) and the place of Languriidae in the natural system of Clavicornia". . 15 (2): 1–42.
- P. Węgrzynowicz (2002). "Morphology, phylogeny and classification of the family Erotylidae based on adult characters (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)" (PDF). . 13 (4): 435–504. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2007-08-16.
External links[]
Media related to Erotylidae at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Erotylidae at Wikispecies- Key to the British species of family Erotylidae
Categories:
- Erotylidae
- Cucujoidea families