''Lepidotoramus'' is a genus of beetles in the family
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, Er ...
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The
type species
In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...
, and the only species currently placed within the genus, is ''L. grouvellei''.
It was described in 1997 by
Richard A. B. Leschen of
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, from museum specimens that had been collected in tropical lowland
Ecuador
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and
Brazil
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References
Erotylidae
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