| Stenotarsus | |
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| Stenotarsus blatchleyi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Endomychidae |
| Subfamily: | Endomychinae |
| Genus: | Stenotarsus Perty, 1832 |
Stenotarsus is a genus of handsome fungus beetles in the family Endomychidae. There are more than 50 described species in Stenotarsus. [1] [2] [3]
These 59 species belong to the genus Stenotarsus:
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.
Endomychidae, or handsome fungus beetles, is a family of beetles with representatives found in all biogeographic realms. There are around 120 genera and 1300 species. The family was established based on the type genus Endomychus, a genus erected in 1795 by Panzer which was applied to a species that Linnaeus called Chrysomela coccinea. As the common name suggests, Endomychidae feed on fungi. Crowson, in his influential treatment of the beetles, placed the family within the Cucujoidea. They have a tarsal formal of 4-4-4 or 3-3-3 and the wings lack a closed radial cell. The second antennal segment has a sensory appendage that is as long as the third antennal segment. The family has also been grouped with the Coccinellidae in a group called the Trimera for having pseudotrimerous tarsi. A 2015 molecular phylogeny study found that the Cucujoidea were found to be non-monophyletic and the Endomychidae was refined with the removal of the Anamorphinae from within the family and elevated to the status of a full family, Anamorphidae. Mycetaeinae and Eupsilobiinae were also found not to belong within the clades of the core Endomychidae, and likewise reclassified into the families Mycetaeidae and Eupsilobiidae.
Eumorphus is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Endomychidae.
Endomychus is a genus of beetles in the family Endomychidae.
Danae is a genus of handsome fungus beetles in the family Endomychidae. There are more than 90 species in Danae, 1 found in North America, about 10 in Asia, and the remainder in Africa.
Epipocus is a genus of handsome fungus beetles in the family Endomychidae. There are at least 20 described species in Epipocus.
Trochoideus is a genus of handsome fungus beetles in the family Endomychidae. There are about 10 described species in Trochoideus.
Bystus ulkei is a species of beetle in the family Anamorphidae. It is found in North America.
Bystus is a genus of beetles in the family Anamorphidae. There are about six described species in Bystus.
Aphorista is a genus of handsome fungus beetles in the family Endomychidae. There are at least four described species in Aphorista.
Mycetina is a genus of handsome fungus beetles in the family Endomychidae. There are about 11 described species in Mycetina.
Epipocinae is a subfamily of handsome fungus beetles in the family Endomychidae. There are at least 4 genera and more than 40 described species in Epipocinae.
Lycoperdina is a genus of handsome fungus beetles in the family Endomychidae. There are about 16 described species in Lycoperdina.
Phymaphora is a genus of handsome fungus beetles in the family Endomychidae. There are at least two described species in Phymaphora.
Rhanidea is a genus of handsome fungus beetles in the family Endomychidae. There is one described species in Rhanidea, R. unicolor.
Holoparamecus is a genus of handsome fungus beetles in the family Endomychidae. There are about 17 described species in Holoparamecus.
Merophysiinae is a subfamily of handsome fungus beetles in the family Endomychidae.
Xenomycetes is a genus of handsome fungus beetles in the family Endomychidae. It is the only genus in the subfamily Xenomycetinae. There are at least two described species in Xenomycetes, both endemic to northwestern North America.
Hadromychus is a genus of handsome fungus beetles in the family Endomychidae. There is one described species in Hadromychus, H. chandleri.
Eumorphus quadriguttatus, commonly known as Four spotted handsome fungus beetle, is a species of handsome fungus beetle found in India, Andaman Islands, Sri Lanka and Korea.
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