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Family Eupsilobiidae

Eidoreus politus (Casey) - Eidoreus politus Eidoreus politus (Casey) - Eidoreus politus Eidoreus politus (Casey) - Eidoreus politus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Coccinelloidea
No Taxon (Coccinellid group)
Family Eupsilobiidae
Explanation of Names
Eupsilobiidae Casey 1895
Numbers
a single species in our area, ~15 spp. in 7 genera total(1)(2)
Identification
Natalinus Tomaszewska
Range
tropical group (most diverse in the Neotropics) ranging into FL(1)
Works Cited
1.An annotated checklist of the handsome fungus beetles of the world (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Endomychidae)
Shockley et al. 2009. Zootaxa 1999: 1-113.
2.Phylogeny and classification of Cucujoidea and the recognition of a new superfamily Coccinelloidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia)
Robertson J.A., Ślipiński A., Moulton M., Shockley F.W., Giorgi A., Lord N.P., McKenna D.D., Tomaszewska W., Forrester J. ... 2015. Syst. Entomol. doi: 10.1111/syen.12138.