Eupsilobiidae | |
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Holotype specimen of Eidoreus politus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | Polyphaga |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Superfamily: | Coccinelloidea |
Family: | Eupsilobiidae Casey, 1895 |
Genera | |
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Synonyms | |
Eupsilobiinae |
Eupsilobiidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Coccinelloidea, formerly included within the family Endomychidae. Most genera are restricted to the Neotropics, while the genus Eidoreus is found worldwide. They are fungivores, and have been observed living commensally in bee and ant nests.
Genera
The following seven genera, altogether comprising 16 species, are currently included in Eupsilobiidae:
- Cerasommatidia Brèthes, 1925
- Chileolobius Pakaluk & Ślipiński, 1990
- Eidoreus Sharp, 1885
- Evolocera Sharp, 1902
- Ibicarella Pakaluk & Ślipiński, 1990
- Microxenus Wollaston, 1861 – South Africa
- Natalinus Tomaszewska, 2011 – South Africa
References
- ^ Robertson, James A.; Ślipiński, Adam; Moulton, Matthew; Shockley, Floyd W.; Giorgi, Adriano; Lord, Nathan P.; Mckenna, Duane D.; Tomaszewska, Wioletta; Forrester, Juanita; Miller, Kelly B.; Whiting, Michael F.; Mchugh, Joseph V. (October 2015). "Phylogeny and classification of Cucujoidea and the recognition of a new superfamily Coccinelloidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia): Systematics of Cucujoidea and Coccinelloidea". Systematic Entomology. 40 (4): 745–778. doi:10.1111/syen.12138. S2CID 55206626.
- Tomaszewska, Wioletta. "10.32. Endomychidae Leach, 1815". Volume 2 Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim), edited by Willy Kükenthal, Richard A.B. Leschen, Rolf G. Beutel and John F. Lawrence, Berlin, New York: De Gruyter, 2011, pp. 442-454.
- Shockley, Floyd W.; Tomaszewska, K. Wioletta; McHugh, Joseph V. (2009). "An annotated checklist of the handsome fungus beetles of the world (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Endomychidae)". Zootaxa. 1999: 1–113. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1999.1.1.
- ^ Tomaszewska, Wioletta (December 2011). "On African Eupsilobiinae (Coleoptera: Endomychidae) with descriptions of a new genus and species". Journal of Insect Science. 11 (166): 166. doi:10.1673/031.011.16601. ISSN 1536-2442. PMC 3281418. PMID 22224658.
Further reading
- Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press.
- Kellogg, Vernon L. (1905). American insects. H. Holt.
- Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. Vol. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
- Leng, Charles W. (1920). Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico. John D. Sherman, Jr.
- Crotch, G.R. (1873). Check list of the Coleoptera of America, north of Mexico. Naturalists' Agency.
- Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
- Gillott, Cedric (1980). Entomology. Plenum Press. ISBN 0-306-40366-8.
- Donald J. Borror; Roger Tory Peterson; Richard E. White (1998). A Field Guide to Insects. Houghton Mifflin.
- Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
- Papp, Charles S. (1984). Introduction to North American Beetles. Entomography Pubns.
- White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin.
Taxon identifiers | |
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