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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) » Erotylini » Cypherotylus

Genus Cypherotylus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Works Cited
Pleasing Fungus Beetle - Cypherotylus californicus Pleasing Fungus Beetle larva - Cypherotylus californicus Black & Blue pitted Beetle - Cypherotylus californicus Pleasing Fungus Beetle - Cypherotylus californicus Black larva?? - Cypherotylus californicus Blue Pleasing Fungus Beetle - Cypherotylus californicus Cypherotylus californicus Cypherotylus californicus
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 Erotylini
Genus Cypherotylus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Gibbifer Voet 1778 --all the names Voet ever published are permanently unavailable under ICZN 11.4.(1)
Explanation of Names
Cypherotylus Crotch 1873
Numbers
A single species in our area, many more in the tropics(2)
Identification
distinctive; elytra blue, pink, or lavender (fade to yellow-brown after death)(2)
Range
New World; in our area, sw. US(2)
Habitat
fungi on dead wood(2)
Food
larvae graze the surface of fungi(2)
Works Cited
1.Nomenclatural notes for the Erotylinae (Coleoptera: Erotylidae)
Skelley P.E. 2020. Insecta Mundi 0767: 1–35.
2.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.
Contributed by Cotinis on 3 March, 2007 - 5:13am
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, margarethe brummermann, v belov
Last updated 19 October, 2022 - 6:53pm

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