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Genus Epipocus

Epipocus sp. - Epipocus unicolor Bentsen unknown beetle - Epipocus cinctus Epipocus punctatus LeConte - Epipocus punctatus Series Cucujiformia - Epipocus unicolor Epipocus gorhami? - Epipocus Epipocus, maybe E. opacus? - Epipocus - female Epipocus? Perhaps E. gorhami? - Epipocus Epipocus? Perhaps E. gorhami? - Epipocus
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 Endomychidae (Handsome Fungus Beetles)
Subfamily Epipocinae
Genus Epipocus
Explanation of Names
Epipocus Germar 1843
Numbers
6 spp. in our area(1), 32 total(2)
Identification
key to spp in(3)
Range
ne. US to Colombia, most diverse in Mexico(2)
Habitat
under bark, on rotting logs and lignicolous fungi (Auriculariaceae, Sirobasidiaceae and Polyporaceae) and on Boletaceae mushrooms in forests; sometimes on rotting bananas or at lights(2)
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.A synopsis of the Endomychidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) of Mexico
Arriaga-Varela E., Tomaszewska K.W., Navarrete-Heredia J.L. 2007. Zootaxa 1594: 1–38.
3.Revision of the genus Epipocus (Coleoptera: Endomychidae)
Strohecker H.F. 1977. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 103: 303-325.
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 12 July, 2008 - 6:47pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 14 February, 2015 - 10:38am

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