Ephebus (beetle)

Ephebus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Endomychidae
Subfamily:	Epipocinae
Genus:	Ephebus Gerstaecker 1858.

Ephebus is a genus of handsome fungus beetles in the family Endomychidae. There are several described species in Ephebus. ^{[1] [2]}

Species

These 9 species belong to the genus Ephebus: ^{[3] [4]}

• Ephebus cardinalis Gerstaecker, 1858 – Colombia
• Ephebus chontalesianus Gorham, 1887/99 – Costa Rica, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
• Ephebus convexiusculus Gerstaecker, 1858 – Colombia, Venezuela
• Ephebus exclusus Strohecker, 1975 – Guatemala
• Ephebus hirtulus Gerstaecker, 1858 – Bolivia, Brazil
• Ephebus longulus Stroheckjer, 1975 – Guatemala
• Ephebus piceus Gorham, 1887/99 – Colombia, Guatemala, Nicaragua.
• Ephebus pumilus Gerstaecker, 1858 – Colombia
• Ephebus sulcatus Strohecker, 1975 – Colombia, El Salvador, Mexico.
• Ephebus terminatus Gerstaecker, 1858 – Colombia, Venezuela

References

1. Strohecker, H.F. 1975. A Review of the genus Ephebus (Coleoptera, Endomychidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 29(4): 333–337.
2. Shockley, F.W., Tomaszewska, K.W. & McHugh, J.V. 2009. An annotated checklist of the handsome fungus beetles of the world (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Endomychidae). Zootaxa 1999: 1–113.
3. "Ephebus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
4. "Ephebus". iNaturalist. Retrieved 10 November 2025.

Further reading

• Skelley, Paul E.; Leschen, Richard A.B. (2002). Arnett, R.H. (ed.). Family 92. Endomychidae Leach 1815. In: American Beetles Vol. 2: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea Through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 366–370. ISBN   0-8493-0954-9.
• Strohecker, H.F. (1986). "Family: Endomychidae". A Catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico. United States Department of Agriculture.
• Tomaszewska, K. Wioletta (2005). "Phylogeny and generic classification of the subfamily Lycoperdininae with a re-analysis of the family Endomychidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)". Annales Zoologici. 55, suppl. 1. ISSN   0003-4541.
• Tomaszewska, K. Wioletta (2000). "Morphology, phylogeny and classification of adult Endomychidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)". Annales Zoologici. 50 (4): 449–558. ISSN   0003-4541.

External links

• Media related to Ephebus (beetle) at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Ephebus (beetle) at Wikispecies