Xenoscelinae

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Xenoscelinae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Erotylidae
Subfamily: Xenoscelinae
Ganglbauer, 1899
Synonyms [1]
  • Xenoscelini Ganglbauer, 1899

Xenoscelinae is a subfamily of pleasing fungus beetles in the family Erotylidae. There are about 8 genera and 12 described species in Xenoscelinae. [1] [2] [3]

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Toramus pulchellus

Genera

These eight genera belong to the subfamily Xenoscelinae:

Data sources: i = ITIS, [1] c = Catalogue of Life, [4] g = GBIF, [5] b = Bugguide.net [2]

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Tritomini

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Cryptarchinae

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Diaperinae

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Nitidulini

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Atomariinae Subfamily of beetles

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Synchitini

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Merophysiinae Subfamily of beetles

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Xenoscelinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
  2. 1 2 "Xenoscelinae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
  3. "Xenoscelinae Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
  4. "Catalogue of Life" . Retrieved 2018-03-31.
  5. "GBIF" . Retrieved 2018-03-31.

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