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| Genus: | Brachysphaenus Lacordaire, 1842 |
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Brachysphaenus is a genus of Pleasing Fungus Beetles in the family Erotylidae. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Cucujoidea is a superfamily of beetles. This group formerly included all of the families now included in the superfamily Coccinelloidea. They include some fungus beetles and a diversity of lineages of "bark beetles" unrelated to the "true" bark beetles (Scolytinae), which are weevils.
George Robert Crotch (1842–1874) was a British entomologist and an authority on Coleoptera (beetles). He was the grandson of the English composer and organist William Crotch.
Tritoma is a genus of beetles in the family Erotylidae, the pleasing fungus beetles. It is distributed worldwide, mainly in the Old World. There are over 100 species.
Erotylidae, or the pleasing fungus beetles, is a family of beetles containing over 100 genera. In the present circumscription, it includes the subfamilies Dacninae, Encaustinae, Erotylinae, Megalodacninae, and Tritominae. In other words, the narrowly circumscribed Erotylidae correspond to the subfamily Erotylinae in the definition sensu lato. They feed on plant and fungal matter; some are important pollinators, 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.
Megalodacne is a genus of fungivorous beetles in the family Erotylidae.
Iphiclus is a genus of beetles in the family Erotylidae. It was first described by Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat in 1836.
Mimodacne is a genus of beetles in the family Erotylidae. It was described by Ernest Marie Louis Bedel in 1917.
Mimodacne rhodesiaca is a species of beetles in the family Erotylidae.
Ischyrus dunedinensis, the three-spotted pleasing fungus beetle, is a species of pleasing fungus beetle in the family Erotylidae. It is found in North America.
Ischyrus is a genus of pleasing fungus beetles in the family Erotylidae. There are at least three described species in Ischyrus.
Tritomini is a tribe of pleasing fungus beetles in the family Erotylidae. There are about 7 genera and at least 30 described species in Tritomini.
Languria is a genus of lizard beetles in the family Erotylidae. There are about 18 described species in Languria.
Pseudischyrus is a genus of pleasing fungus beetles in the family Erotylidae. There are at least four described species in Pseudischyrus.
Hirsutotriplax is a genus of pleasing fungus beetles in the family Erotylidae. There is one described species in Hirsutotriplax, H. mcclevei.
Haematochiton is a genus of pleasing fungus beetles in the family Erotylidae. There are at least three described species in Haematochiton.
Acropteroxys is a genus of lizard beetles in the family Erotylidae. There are at least two described species in Acropteroxys.
Dasydactylus is a genus of lizard beetles in the family Erotylidae. There is one described species in Dasydactylus, D. cnici.
Cypherotylus californicus, sometimes known as the blue fungus beetle or blue pleasing fungus beetle, is a species of pleasing fungus beetle in the family Erotylidae. It is recorded from Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Kansas, and the Mexican state of Sonora.
Tritoma biguttata is a species of pleasing fungus beetle in the family Erotylidae. It is found in North America.
Dacne is a genus of pleasing fungus beetles in the family Erotylidae. There are about 19 described species in Dacne.
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