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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) » Lizard Beetles (Languriini) » Languria

Genus Languria

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Beetle - Languria angustata Languria laeta LeConte - Languria laeta in lettuce - Languria mozardi beetle - Languria discoidea erotylid - Languria mozardi From acorn plant flower - Languria mozardi Languria mozardi? - Languria mozardi lizard beetle - Languria
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 Languriini (Lizard Beetles)
Genus Languria
Explanation of Names
Languria Latreille 1802
Numbers
15 spp. in our area, 17 total(1)
Size
4-13 mm (may vary greatly within the species)(2)
Identification
key to spp. in Vaurie (1948)(2)
in our area, Languria differs from other genera by the generally evenly rounded elytral apices (sometimes truncate or slightly sinuate)(2)
antennal clubs:
Range
e. US (+Ont.) to Calif. / Mex. to C. Amer. - Map(3); in our area, much more diverse in the south, esp. in se. US; L. mozardi is the only transcontinental sp.; 3 spp. range into Canada(2)(4)
Works Cited
1.Polymorphism in Languria taedata LeConte...
Gimmel M.L., Carlton C.E., White W.H. 2012. Zootaxa 3237: 24–34.
2.A review of the North American Languriidae
Vaurie P. 1948. Bull. AMNH 92: 119‒156.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4.Bousquet Y., ed. (1991) Checklist of the beetles of Canada and Alaska
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 29 March, 2004 - 9:46pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 12 May, 2021 - 12:34pm

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