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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Handsome Fungus Beetles (Endomychidae) » Lycoperdininae » Lycoperdina

Genus Lycoperdina

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Works Cited
Handsome Fungus Beetle - Lycoperdina ferruginea Handsome fungus beetle with parasite eggs? - Lycoperdina ferruginea handsome fungus beetle - Lycoperdina ferruginea Handsome Fungus Beetle - Lycoperdina ferruginea Lycoperdina ferruginea LeConte - Lycoperdina ferruginea Unknown - Lycoperdina ferruginea Endomychidae, Handsome Fungus Beetle, dorsal - Lycoperdina ferruginea beetle from giant puffball - Lycoperdina ferruginea
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
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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