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Tribe Dacnini

fungus beetle - Dacne californica another beetle on fungus - Dacne pubescens Tritoma sp? - Dacne quadrimaculata Dacne quadrimaculata Pleasing Fungus Beetle (Dacne picta) (?)   - Dacne picta Erotylidae?  Dacne? - Dacne californica Colfax.J.2021.13 - Dacne californica Dacne californica
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cucujoidea
No Taxon (Erotylid series)
Family Erotylidae (Pleasing Fungus Beetles)
Subfamily Erotylinae (Pleasing Fungus Beetles)
Tribe Dacnini
Numbers
6 spp. in 2 genera north of Mexico(1)
Range
2 eastern spp. in 2 genera + 4 western [all Dacne](1)
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.