Erotylinae
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| Adult Erotylina leoparda from Manu National Park, Peru | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Erotylidae |
| Subfamily: | Erotylinae Latreille, 1802 |
Erotylinae is a subfamily of pleasing fungus beetles (family Erotylidae). It contains a lot of large (by their family's standards) and prominently-colored species.
Formerly, the name "Erotylinae" was applied to the entire present-day pleasing fungus beetle family; "Erotylidae" was at that time circumscribed more loosely and contained several lineages which are nowadays considered independent families again.[1] Some recent authors include the subfamilies Dacninae, Encaustinae, Megalodacninae and Tritominae in the Erotylinae as tribes Dacnini, Encaustini, Megalodacnini and Tritomini; in this case the tribe Erotylini is approximately equivalent to the subfamily Erotylinae as circumscribed here.[2]
Selected genera
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- Aegithus
- Bacis Dejean, 1837[1]
- Barytopus Chevrolat, 1836[1] (= Micrerotylus)
- Brachylon Gorham, 1898[1]
- Cyclomorphus Hope, 1841[1]
- Cypherotylus (= Gibbifer)
- Cytorea Laporte, 1840 (= Typocephalus)[1]
- Dichomorpha Kuhnt, 1909[1]
- Ellipticus Chevrolat, 1836 (= Calenus, Gemellarotelus, Glabratotelus, Homeotelus, Homoeotelus, lnflatotelus, Omoiotelus)[1]
- Erotylina Curran, 1944[1]
- Erotylus
- Euphanistes Lacordaire, 1842[1]
- Eurycardius Lacordaire, 1842[1]
- Iphiclus (= Brachysphoenus)
- Kakoia Alvarenga, 1971[1]
- Neopriotelus (= Priotelus Hope, 1841 nec G.R.Gray, 1840: preoccupied)
- Perithonius Crotch, 1876[1]
- Phricobacis Crotch, 1876[1]
- Plastococcus Gorham, 1888[1]
- Prepopharus Erichson, 1847[1]
- Rhynchothonius Crotch, 1876[1]
- Scaphengis Gorham, 1888[1]
- Scaphidomorphus
- Sphenoxus Lacordaire, 1842[1]
- Strongylosomus Chevrolat, 1837[1] (= Coccimorphus)
- Tapinotarsus Kirsch, 1865[1]
- Thonius Lacordaire, 1842[1]
- Zonarius (= Oligocorynus[1])
References
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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Alvarenga, Moacyr (1994): Catálogo dos Erotylidae (Coleoptera) Neotropicais. [Catalogue of Neotropical Erotylidae (Coleoptera). Portuguese with English abstract.] Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 11(1): 1-175. doi:10.1590/S0101-81751994000100001.
- ↑ McHugh, Joseph V. & Chaboo, Caroline S. (2015): Beetles (Coleoptera) of Peru: A Survey of the Families. Erotylidae Latreille, 1802. J.Kans.Entomol.Soc. 88(2): 274-282. doi:10.2317/kent-88-02-274-282.1
Further reading and external links
- 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 LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
- White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.