Languriini is a tribe of beetles, known as lizard beetles, in the family Erotylidae, subfamily Languriinae. Lizard beetles are commonly found on leaves or flowers, and their larvae bore into plant stems. Adults are generally long and parallel-sided with a red thorax.[1] There are about 5 genera and at least 20 described species in Languriini.[2][3]

Languriini
Acropteroxys gracilis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Erotylidae
Subfamily: Languriinae
Tribe: Languriini
Hope, 1840

ITIS Taxonomic note:

  • Authorship corrected to Hope 1840, per Bouchard et al., (2011:357), 'family-group name previously attributed to Crotch (1873c) by Pakaluk et al. (1994) and subsequent authors'.[2]
Acropteroxys gracilis
Languria mozardi

Genera

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These five genera belong to the tribe Languriini:

Data sources: i = ITIS,[2] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[3]

References

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  1. ^ Borror, Donald J. and Richard E. White. A Field Guide to the Insects of America North of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin, Boston: 1970. p. 175
  2. ^ a b c "Languriini Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-26.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ a b "Languriini Tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  4. ^ "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  5. ^ "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-03-26.

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