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Genus Lycoperdina

Handsome Fungus Beetle - Lycoperdina ferruginea Endomychidae - Lycoperdina ferruginea Lycoperdina ferruginea LeConte - Lycoperdina ferruginea Unknown - Lycoperdina ferruginea beetle 1 - Lycoperdina ferruginea Endomychidae, Handsome Fungus Beetle, dorsal - Lycoperdina ferruginea beetle from giant puffball - Lycoperdina ferruginea 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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