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Erotylidae Checklist: Pleasing Fungus Beetles

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22 February 2019

Pleasing Fungus Beetles from the family Erotylidae Latreille, 1802 are generally brightly coloured and hairless. Their antennae are clubbed, and tarsi (final leg segment) always 5-jointed. Although they are said to feed on fungus, I rarely see them in the vicinity of any fruiting fungi.

Etymology

The scientific family name Erotylidae was based on the type genus Erotylus when it was split from its former family Languriidae. Erotylus is derived from the greek word erōtylos, which means darling or sweetheart.

Not much is known about the origins of “pleasing” in the family name, but it is assumed so because of the large size and colourful patterns on many of the species.

Checklist

This page consists of a personal checklist of all Pleasing Fungus Beetles (Erotylidae) that I’ve encountered over the years. Most were identified with the help from the kind folks on Flickr and Facebook, especially Boris Büche and David Ball.

All photos are of live subjects shot in the field, with the dorsal view selected where available. Click on individual photos for larger views and views from other angles. As specimens were not collected, identifications were done purely based on photographs and may not be 100% accurate.

This page will be updated regularly, please let me know if you spot any mistakes.

View my complete Flickr photo set: Erotylidae – Pleasing Fungus Beetles.

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Class: Insecta Linnaeus, 1758

Order: Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758

Family: Erotylidae Latreille, 1802

Pleasing fungus beetle (Ellipticus sp.) - DSC_2097

Peru: Ellipticus sp.

Spiny pleasing fungus beetle (Ellipticus spinifer) - P6121887

Ecuador: Ellipticus spinifer Thomson, 1857

Subfamily: Erotylinae Latreille, 1802

Tribe: Dacnini Arrow, 1925

Pleasing fungus beetle (Microsternus sp.) - PC252324

Singapore: Microsternus sp. 252324

Pleasing fungus beetle (Nesitis attenuata) - DSC_9260

East Malaysia: Nesitis attenuata (Crotch, 1876)

Tribe: Encaustini Crotch, 1876

Pleasing fungus beetle (Aulacochilus sp.) - DSC_0438

West Malaysia: Aulacochilus sp. 0438

Pleasing fungus beetle (Aulacochilus sp.) - P9198366

Singapore: Aulacochilus sp. 9198366

Pleasing fungus beetle (cf. Encaustes sp.) - DSC_0949

Singapore: cf. Encaustes sp. 0949

Pleasing fungus beetle (cf. Encaustes sp.) - P7120281

Singapore: cf. Encaustes sp. 7120281

Pleasing fungus beetle (Micrencaustes lunulata) - P3276337

Singapore: Micrencaustes lunulata (M´laey, 1825)

Pleasing fungus beetle (Micrencaustes sp.) - PA031525

Singapore: Micrencaustes sp.

Pleasing fungus beetle (Micrencaustes sp.) - DSC_9831

East Malaysia: Micrencaustes sp.

Pleasing fungus beetle (Megalodacne varia) - P7111034

Singapore: Megalodacne varia Gorham, 1889

Tribe: Erotylini Latreille, 1802

Pleasing fungus beetle (Gibbifer sp.) - DSC_2359

Peru: Gibbifer sp.

Pleasing fungus beetle (Erotylidae) - DSC_2130

Peru: Erotylus subreticulatus (Guérin-Méneville, 1841)

Pleasing fungus beetle (Erotylus sp.) - P6100002

Ecuador: Erotylus sp. P6100002

Not Erotylus incomparabilis, refer here.

Pleasing fungus beetle (Erotylus sp.) - P6101505

Ecuador: Erotylus sp. P6101505

Pleasing fungus beetle (Iphiclus circulus) - P6100531

Ecuador: Iphiclus circulus Lacordaire, 1842

Unidentified Erotylinae

Pleasing fungus beetle (Erotylinae) - P2279521

Singapore: Erotylinae P2279521

Subfamily: Tritominae Curtis, 1834

Tribe: Tritomini Curtis 1834

Pleasing fungus beetle (Amblyopus vittatus) - DSC_1892

Singapore: Amblyopus vittatus (A. G. Olivier, 1807)

Pleasing fungus beetle (Episcapha cf. quadrimacula) - DSC_0435

West Malaysia: Episcapha cf. quadrimacula (Wiedemann, 1823)

Pleasing fungus beetle (Episcapha xanthopustulata) - P8225319

Singapore: Episcapha xanthopustulata Gorham, 1890

Pleasing fungus beetle (Episcapha sp.) - PA172706

Singapore: Episcapha sp.

Unidentified

Fungus beetles (Erotylidae) - DSC_9462

Singapore: Erotylidae 9462

Pleasing fungus beetle (Erotylidae) - Z72_1177

Singapore: Erotylidae 1177

Pleasing fungus beetle (Erotylidae) - DSC_3671

West Malaysia: Erotylidae 3671

Behavior

Fungus beetles (Erotylidae) - DSC_9466

Singapore: Mating endomychids

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