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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) » Erotylini » Cypherotylus » Cypherotylus californicus

Species Cypherotylus californicus

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Food · Print References · Works Cited
Unknown Colorado Beetle - Cypherotylus californicus fungus-eating beetle larva - Cypherotylus californicus Blue Beatle on Ponderosa Pine - Cypherotylus californicus Pleasing Fungus Beetle - Cypherotylus californicus Gibbifer californicus - Cypherotylus californicus Beetle ~14mm, Gibbifer californicus? - Cypherotylus californicus Cypherotylus californicus Cypherotylus californicus
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 Erotylini
Genus Cypherotylus
Species californicus (Cypherotylus californicus)
Other Common Names
Blue Fungus Beetle
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
≡Erotylus californicus ≡Gibbifer californicus
Explanation of Names
Cypherotylus californicus (Lacordaire 1842)
Size
12‒20 mm(1)
Range
w.US (WY‒e.AZ‒NM‒KS)(1) to Mesoamerica
Habitat
Meadows, fields, woodlands, gardens
Food
Larvae feed on wood-destroying fungi
Print References
Branham M.A. (1993) A new eastern record for Cypherotylus californicus Lacordaire in the United States (Coleoptera: Erotylidae). Col. Bull. 47: 81‒82.
Graves R.C. (1965) Observations on the ecology, behavior and life cycle of the fungus-feeding beetle, Cypherotylus californicus, with a description of the pupa (Coleoptera: Erotylidae). Col. Bull. 19: 117‒122.
Works Cited
1.Beetles of Western North America.
Evans, A.V. 2021. Princeton University Press.
Contributed by Cotinis on 3 March, 2007 - 5:14am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Phillip Harpootlian, Mike Quinn, margarethe brummermann, v belov, metrioptera
Last updated 26 September, 2024 - 5:27pm

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