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]
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| Holotype specimen of Eidoreus politus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Coccinelloidea |
| Family: | Eupsilobiidae Casey, 1895 |
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Eupsilobiinae | |
Genera
editThe 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
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c 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
edit- 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.