Endomychidae
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent
Brachytrycherus humeralis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Coccinelloidea
Family: Endomychidae
Leach, 1815
Type genus
Endomychus
Synonyms

Merophysiidae Seidlitz, 1872

Endomychidae, or handsome fungus beetles, is a family of beetles with representatives found in all biogeographic realms. There are around 120 genera and 1300 species. The family was established based on the type genus Endomychus, a genus erected in 1795 by Panzer which was applied to a species that Linnaeus called Chrysomela coccinea. As the common name suggests, Endomychidae feed on fungi. Crowson, in his influential treatment of the beetles, placed the family within the Cucujoidea. They have a tarsal formal of 4-4-4 or 3-3-3 and the wings lack a closed radial cell. The second antennal segment has a sensory appendage that is as long as the third antennal segment. The family has also been grouped with the Coccinellidae in a group called the Trimera for having pseudotrimerous tarsi.[1] A 2015 molecular phylogeny study found that the Cucujoidea were found to be non-monophyletic and the Endomychidae was refined with the removal of the Anamorphinae from within the family and elevated to the status of a full family, Anamorphidae. Mycetaeinae and Eupsilobiinae were also found not to belong within the clades of the core Endomychidae, and likewise reclassified into the families Mycetaeidae and Eupsilobiidae.[2]

The subfamilies that are included:

Genera

These 70 genera belong to the family Endomychidae as defined in the past (due to revisions, this may not be entirely accurate):

Data sources: i = ITIS,[3] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[6]

Fossil genera

References

  1. ^ Tomaszewska, K.Wioletta (2000). "Morphology, phylogeny and classification of adult endomychidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)" (PDF). Annales Zoologici. 50 (4): 449–558.
  2. ^ Robertson, James A; Ślipiński, Adam; Moulton, Matthew; Shockley, Floyd W; Giorgi, Adriano; Lord, Nathan P; McKenna, Duane D; Tomaszewska, Wioletta; Forrester, Juanita; Miller, Kelly B; Whiting, Michael F; McHugh, Joseph V (2015). "Phylogeny and classification of Cucujoidea and the recognition of a new superfamily Coccinelloidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia)" (PDF). Systematic Entomology. 40 (4): 745. doi:10.1111/syen.12138. S2CID 55206626.
  3. ^ "Endomychidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  4. ^ "Browse Endomychidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  5. ^ "Endomychidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  6. ^ "Endomychidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  7. ^ a b c d e Tomaszewska, Wioletta; Ślipiński, Adam; Bai, Ming; Zhang, Weiwei; Ren, Dong (November 2018). "The oldest representatives of Endomychidae (Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea) from the Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber". Cretaceous Research. 91: 287–298. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2018.07.001. S2CID 135401188.

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