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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Erotylid series » Pleasing Fungus Beetles (Erotylidae) » Pleasing Fungus Beetles (Erotylinae) » Tritomini » Ischyrus

Genus Ischyrus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Beetle - Ischyrus quadripunctatus Ischyrus quadripunctatus - Four-Spotted Fungus Beetle - Ischyrus quadripunctatus Pleasing Fungus Beetle - Ischyrus dunedinensis Erotylid - Ischyrus quadripunctatus beetle - Ischyrus quadripunctatus Ischyrus quadripunctatus? - Ischyrus quadripunctatus Ischyrus quadripunctatus - Four-Spotted Fungus Beetle - Ischyrus quadripunctatus Ischyrus quadripunctatus? - Ischyrus quadripunctatus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cucujoidea
No Taxon (Erotylid series)
Family Erotylidae (Pleasing Fungus Beetles)
Subfamily Erotylinae (Pleasing Fungus Beetles)
Tribe Tritomini
Genus Ischyrus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ischyrus Lacordaire, 1842
Numbers
3 spp. north of Mexico (many more in the Neotropics)(1)
In our area(2):
I. quadripunctatus: e. NA thru S.America; ssp. I. q. chiasticus, sw. US, Mexico
I. dunedinensis: se. US (GA-FL)
I. aleator: sw. US, Mexico
Range
e. US, AZ(1)
Habitat
on prostrate white polypores on logs and under bark(1)
Remarks
adults come to lights(1)
Print References
key to species in Skelley (1989)(3)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.Skelley P.E. (2001) Pleasing fungus beetles of North America: Family Erotylidae
3.Revision of the genus Ischyrus Lacordaire (1842) of North and Central America (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Tritominae)
P.S. Skelley. 1989. Occasional Papers of the Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Vol. 9.
Contributed by Stephen_WV on 3 April, 2005 - 1:13pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, v belov, Edward Ruden
Last updated 6 March, 2022 - 3:47pm

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