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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Erotylid series » Pleasing Fungus Beetles (Erotylidae) » Xenoscelinae » Loberus

Genus Loberus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Print References · Works Cited
Silken Fungus Beetle? - Loberus impressus possibly a byturid? - Loberus impressus familiar-looking languriid - Loberus impressus Loberus ornatus Schaeffer - Loberus ornatus Beetle - Loberus impressus Unknown Beetle - Loberus Unknown Beetle - Loberus Be - Loberus impressus
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 Xenoscelinae
Genus Loberus
Explanation of Names
Loberus LeConte 1861
Numbers
4 spp. in our area(1), about two dozen described spp. worldwide

Species:
Loberus impressus LeConte (widespread)
Loberus ornatus Schaeffer (SW Texas into Mexico)
Loberus subglaber Casey (NJ)
?
Range
in our area, eastern (*QC-ON-MI to FL-TX)(1)(*BG data); represented on most continents
Print References
Carlton CE, Townsend VR, Jr., Van Zandt PA, Mopper S (2000) Description of the larva of Loberus impressus (Coleoptera: Languriidae: Xenoscelinae) with notes on its natural history. Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 93: 356-61. Full text
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.
Contributed by tom murray on 29 May, 2006 - 2:13pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 20 February, 2022 - 9:44pm

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