Languriini is a tribe of beetles, known as lizard beetles, in the family Erotylidae, subfamily Languriinae. Lizard beetles are commonly found on leaves or flowers, and their larvae bore into plant stems. Adults are generally long and parallel-sided with a red thorax.[1] There are about 5 genera and at least 20 described species in Languriini.[2][3]
| Languriini | |
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| Acropteroxys gracilis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Erotylidae |
| Subfamily: | Languriinae |
| Tribe: | Languriini Hope, 1840 |
ITIS Taxonomic note:
- Authorship corrected to Hope 1840, per Bouchard et al., (2011:357), 'family-group name previously attributed to Crotch (1873c) by Pakaluk et al. (1994) and subsequent authors'.[2]
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Genera edit
These five genera belong to the tribe Languriini:
- Acropteroxys Gorham, 1887 i c g b
- Dasydactylus Gorham, 1887 i c g b
- Languria Latreille, 1802 i c g b
- Langurites Motschulsky, 1860 i c g b
- Neoloberolus Leschen, 2003 i c g
Data sources: i = ITIS,[2] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[3]
References edit
- ^ Borror, Donald J. and Richard E. White. A Field Guide to the Insects of America North of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin, Boston: 1970. p. 175
- ^ a b c
"Languriini Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b "Languriini Tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
- ^ "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-03-26.
- ^ "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-03-26.
Further reading edit
- Leschen, Richard A. B. (2003). Erotylidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) phylogey and review. Fauna of New Zealand. Vol. 47. Manaaki Whenua Press. ISBN 978-0-478-09350-6. ISSN 0111-5383.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.
- LeConte, J. L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 978-0665100550.
External links edit
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