Genus Lycoperdina

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Works Cited

Handsome Fungus Beetle - Lycoperdina ferruginea

Lycoperdina ferruginea? - Lycoperdina ferruginea

beetle from giant puffball - Lycoperdina ferruginea

Lycoperdina ferruginea in Maryland - Lycoperdina ferruginea

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 Lycoperdininae

Genus Lycoperdina

Explanation of Names

Lycoperdina Latreille 1807

Numbers

A single species in our area, ~30 spp. worldwide(1)

Range

holarctic (incl. much of NA) & Afrotropical(1)

Food

specialist feeder on puffballs (Lycoperdales)(2)

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.	The Erotylidae and Endomychidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada... C.G. Majka. 2007. Zootaxa 1546: 39–50.

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 29 October, 2005 - 5:35pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 15 February, 2015 - 7:12pm

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