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Genus Lycoperdina

Handsome Fungus Beetle - Lycoperdina ferruginea handsome fungus beetle - Lycoperdina ferruginea Handsome Fungus Beetle - Lycoperdina ferruginea Lycoperdina ferruginea? - Lycoperdina ferruginea Endomychidae - Lycoperdina ferruginea beetle from giant puffball - Lycoperdina ferruginea Endomychidae - 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)