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Stictomela chrysomeloides, is a species of handsome fungus beetle found in Sri Lanka. [1] [2]
Typical length is about 9 mm. Head brassy black, with less shine. Antennae shiny and black with rather lax club and the apical joint obliquely compressed at the tips. Epistoma thickly and strongly punctured. Thorax with the surface shining but uneven. A central channel visible with a punctiform pit on each side in the middle. There is a basal transverse line, and the ordinary basal sulci. Humeral callus is raised into a blunt carina. There are two basal, orange, round spots. Femora clavate and distinctly punctured. Tibiae strongly bent in male. Tarsi and clams are pitchy, clothed with golden pile beneath. [3]
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.
Epipocus is a genus of handsome fungus beetles in the family Endomychidae. There are at least 20 described species in Epipocus.
Trochoideus desjardinsi is a species of handsome fungus beetle in the family Endomychidae. It is found in Africa, North America, and Southern Asia.
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.
Phymaphora is a genus of handsome fungus beetles in the family Endomychidae. There are at least two described species in Phymaphora.
Holoparamecus is a genus of handsome fungus beetles in the family Endomychidae. There are about 17 described species in Holoparamecus.
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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.
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Ancylopus ceylonicus, is a species of handsome fungus beetle found in India, and Sri Lanka.
Cyclotoma cingalensis, is a species of handsome fungus beetle found in Sri Lanka.
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Indalmus lachrymosus, is a species of handsome fungus beetle found in Sri Lanka.
Stenotarsus russatus, is a species of handsome fungus beetle found in India and Sri Lanka.
Stenotarsus sicarius, is a species of handsome fungus beetle found in Sri Lanka.
Stenotarsus vallatus, is a species of handsome fungus beetle found in India and Sri Lanka.
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