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Erotylidae
''Ischyrus quadripunctatus'' Erotylidae, or the pleasing fungus beetles, is a family of beetles belonging to Cucujoidea containing over 100 genera. In the present circumscription, it contains 6 tribes ( Tritomini, Dacnini, Megalodacnini, Erotylini, Cryptophilini, and Languriini) and 10 subfamilies ( Cryptophilinae, Dacninae, Encaustinae, Erotylinae, Languriinae, Loberinae, Megalodacninae, Pharaxonothinae, Tritominae, and Xenoscelinae). In other words, the narrowly circumscribed Erotylidae correspond to the subfamily Erotylinae in the definition '' sensu lato''. There are doubts on the monophyly of lower ranked taxa within Erotylidae, with further phylogenetic studies requiring better sampling and studies of unexplored character sets, for example the metendosternite and penile flagellum, which are generally lacking detailed morphological studies within the Coleoptera literature. The Eroytlina taxonomy is based on traits such as their different colors and not off mor ...
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Ischyrus Quadripunctatus P1390172a
''Ischyrus'' is a genus of pleasing fungus beetles in the family Erotylidae. There are at least three described species in ''Ischyrus''. Species There are several species in the ''Ischyrus'' genus: * ''Ischyrus aleator'' Boyle, 1954 * ''Ischyrus dunedinensis'' Blatchley, 1917 (three-spotted pleasing fungus beetle) * ''Ischyrus parcarum'' * ''Ischyrus quadripunctatus'' (Olivier, 1791) (four-spotted fungus beetle) * ''Ischyrus angularis'' * ''Ischyrus audbalus'' * ''Ischyrus auriculatus'' * ''Ischyrus bahiae'' * ''Ischyrus bellus'' * ''Ischyrus bogotae'' * ''Ischyrus boucardi'' * ''Ischyrus celatus'' * ''Ischyrus chacojae'' * ''Ischyrus circumcinctus'' * ''Ischyrus collatinus'' * ''Ischyrus conductus'' * ''Ischyrus consimilus'' * ''Ischyrus cordiformis'' * ''Ischyrus decorus'' * ''Ischyrus disconiger'' * ''Ischyrus distinguendus'' * ''Ischyrus duponti'' * ''Ischyrus elegantulus'' * ''Ischyrus ephippiatus'' * ''Ischyrus episcaphulinus'' *''Ischyrus erosus'' *''Ischyrus frater ...
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