Biology:Eupsilobiidae

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Short description: Family of beetles

Eupsilobiidae
Eupsilobius politus.png
Holotype specimen of Eidoreus politus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
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. 1.0 1.1 Robertson, James A.; Ślipiński, Adam; Moulton, Matthew; Shockley, Floyd W.; Giorgi, Adriano; Lord, Nathan P.; Mckenna, Duane D.; Tomaszewska, Wioletta et al. (October 2015). "Phylogeny and classification of Cucujoidea and the recognition of a new superfamily Coccinelloidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia): Systematics of Cucujoidea and Coccinelloidea" (in en). Systematic Entomology 40 (4): 745–778. doi:10.1111/syen.12138. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/syen.12138. 
  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. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Tomaszewska, Wioletta (December 2011). "On African Eupsilobiinae (Coleoptera: Endomychidae) with descriptions of a new genus and species" (in en). Journal of Insect Science 11 (166): 166. doi:10.1673/031.011.16601. ISSN 1536-2442. PMID 22224658. 

Further reading

  • American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. 2002. 
  • 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. 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. 
  • Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. 2008. ISBN 978-1402062421. 
  • Gillott, Cedric (1980). Entomology. Plenum Press. ISBN 0-306-40366-8. https://archive.org/details/entomology0000gill. 
  • 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. 

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