Aphorista

Aphorista
Aphorista laeta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Endomychidae
Subfamily:	Lycoperdininae
Genus:	Aphorista Gorham, 1873

Aphorista is a genus of handsome fungus beetles in the family Endomychidae. There are at least four described species within the genus Aphorista. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

The following four species are classified under the genus Aphorista:

• Aphorista laeta (LeConte, 1854)
• Aphorista morosa (LeConte, 1859)
• Aphorista ovipennis Casey
• Aphorista vittata (Fabricius, 1787)

References

1. "Aphorista Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Aphorista". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Aphorista genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading

• Tomaszewska, K. Wioletta (2005). "Phylogeny and generic classification of the subfamily Lycoperdininae with a re-analysis of the family Endomychidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)" (PDF). Annales Zoologici. 55 (Suppl): 1–172. ISSN   0003-4541.
• Strohecker, H. F. (1986). "Family: Endomychidae". A Catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico. USDA Agriculture Handbook. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service.^{[ dead link ]}
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-8788757675.