Eupsilobiidae

Eupsilobiidae
Holotype specimen of Eidoreus politus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Superfamily:	Coccinelloidea
Family:	Eupsilobiidae Casey, 1895
Genera
See text
Synonyms
Eupsilobiinae

Eupsilobiidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Coccinelloidea, formerly included within the family Endomychidae. ^[1] 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. ^[2]

Genera

The following seven genera, altogether comprising 16 species, are currently included in Eupsilobiidae: ^{[1] [3] [4]}

• Cerasommatidia Brèthes, 1925
• Chileolobius Pakaluk & Ślipiński, 1990
• Eidoreus Sharp, 1885
• Evolocera Sharp, 1902
• Ibicarella Pakaluk & Ślipiński, 1990
• Microxenus Wollaston, 1861 – South Africa ^[4]
• Natalinus Tomaszewska, 2011 – South Africa ^[4]

References

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.