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

Genus Dacne

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Pleasing Fungus Beetle - Dacne quadrimaculata Dacne quadrimaculata Santa Cruz-2 - Dacne californica Small Fungus (?) Beetle - Dacne picta Dacne picta - female Erotylidae? Dacne? - Dacne californica Sonora2 J37 - Dacne californica Belden-J.2021.37 - 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
Genus Dacne
Explanation of Names
Dacne Latreille 1796
Numbers
6 spp. (of which one adventive) in 2 subgenera in our area, 30 spp. in 3 subgenera total(1)
Range
primarily Holarctic, with one African subgenus (4 spp.) and one sp. recently found in S. America(1); D. (D.) quadrimaculata is eastern, 4 spp. [D. (D.) californica + 3 D. (Xenodacne) spp.] western, and the adventive D. (D.) picta established on both coasts(2)(BG data)
Works Cited
1.The genus Dacne Latreille (Coleoptera: Erotylidae) in tropical America
Paul E.Skelley. 2003. Insecta Mundi 17(1-2): 111-117.
2.Skelley P.E. (2001) Pleasing fungus beetles of North America: Family Erotylidae
Contributed by Joyce Gross on 22 January, 2007 - 2:03am
Additional contributions by Jeff Gruber, v belov
Last updated 25 April, 2019 - 3:57pm

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