Leiodidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Leiodidae
Subfamiliae (6): Camiarinae - Catopocerinae - Cholevinae - Coloninae - Leiodinae - Platypsyllinae

Overview of genera (392 + 1†)
A

Acrotrychiopsis – Adelopidius – Adelopsella – Adelopsis – Afroagathidium – Afrocatops – Afrocyrtusa – Afropelates – Agaricophagus – Agathidium – Aglyptinus – Agyrtodes – Agyrtolasia – Albaniola – Albanodirus – Allocolenisia – Amphicyllis – Amplexella – Anemadiola – Anemadus – Anillocharis – Anillochlamys – Anisoscapha – Anisotoma – Anogdus – Ansibaris – Antrocharidius – Antrocharis – Antrodulus – Antroherpon – Antrosedes – Aphaobiella – Aphaobius – Aphaotus – Apholeuonus – Apocatops – Apocatops – Apterocatops – Apterocatops – Aranzadiella – Araucaniopsis – Archeoboldoria – Astagobius – Attaephilus – Attaephilus – Atticiella – Attumbra – Attumbra – Augustia – Austrocholeva – Austrocholeva – Austronargus – Austronemadus –
B

Babuniella – Baeosilpha – Balcanobius – Banatiola – Baronniesia – Bathyscia – Bathyscidius – Bathysciella – Bathyscimorphus – Bathysciola – Bathysciopsis – Bathysciotes – Bellesia – Beronia – Beroniella – Beskovia – Beskovia – Besuchetiola – Besuchetionella – Bithyniella – Blattochaeta – Blattodromus – Boldoria – Breuilia – Breuilites – Bulgariella – Bureschiana –
C

Cainosternum – Camiarites – Camiarus – Canavesiella – Cansiliella – Cantabrogeus – Capnosolius – Capraiola – Catopidius – Catopidius – Catopocerus – Catopodes – Catopodes – Catoposchema – Catops – Catops – Catopsimorphus – Catopsimorphus – Catopsolius – Catoptrichus – Catoptrichus – Cavazzutiella – Ceretophyes – Ceuthmonocharis – Ceuthophyes – Chappuisiotes – Charonites – Chelagyrtodes – Chiliopelates – Chionocatops – Chionocatops – Chobautiella – Choleva – Choleva – Cholevinus – Cholevinus – Cholevodes – Cholevomorpha – Closania – Coiffaitiola – Colenis – Colenisia – Colon – Colonellus – Coreobathyscia – Creagrophorus – Croatodirus – Cryocatops – Cryocatops – Cryptobathyscia – Cyrtoplastus – Cyrtusa – Cyrtusamorpha – Cyrtusiola – Cyrtusoma – Cytodromus –
D

Dalmatiola – Dasypelates – Decuria – Deelemaniella – Dellabeffaella – Dermatohomoeus – Diaprysius – Dictydiella – Dietta – Dissochaetus – Dreposcia – Dreposcia – Drimeotus – Dzungarites – Dzungarites –
E

Ecarinosphaerula – Echinocoleus – Elladoherpon – Eocatops – Eskualdunella – Espanoliella – Eublackburniella – Eucatops – Euliodes – Eunemadus – Eupelates – Euryspeonomus – Excelsiorella –
F

Falkocholeva – Falkonemadus – Fissocatops – Fissocatops – Fresnedaella – Fusi –
G

Gelae – Genestiellina – Gesciella – Glacicavicola – Gueorguievella –
H

Hadesia – Halbherria – Haplotropidius – Henrotiella – Hexaurus – Himalops – Himalops – Hinomoto – Hoffmannella – Huetheriella – Hussonella – Hydnobius – Hydnodiaetus – Hypoliodes –
I

Icharonia – Incacyrtusa – Inocatops – Insubriella – Iranobathyscia – Isereus – Isocolon – Isoplastinus – Isoplastus –
J

Josettekia –
K

Kalohydnobius – Karadeniziella – Katobatizon – Kobiella –
L

Lagariella – Laneyriella – Leiodes – Leonesiella – Leonhardella – Leonhardia – Leptinillus – Leptinus – Leptodirus – Leptomeson – Leptostagus – Lessiniella – Liocyrtusa – Liodopria – Lionothus – Lotharia –
M

Macrohydnobius – Magdelainella – Maroniella – Mehadiella – Mesocatops – Mesocatops – Mesocolon – Metahydnobius – Micronemadus – Monguzziella – Muelleriella – Myrmicholeva –
N

Nargiotes – Nargomorphus – Nargus – Nargus – Naspunius – Nauticiella – Nemadiolus – Nemadiopsis – Nemadotropis – Nemadus – Neobathyscia – Neocamiarus – Neoeocatops – Neohydnobius – Neopelatops – Neotropospeonella – Netolitzkya – Newtoniopsis – Notidocharis –
O

Ochridiola – Oresigenus – Oritocatops – Orostygia – Oryotus – Ovobathysciola – Ovocyrtusa –
P

Pallaresiella – Pandania – Pangaeoniola – Parabathyscia – Parabystus – Paracatops – Paragyrtodes – Paranemadus – Paranillochlamys – Parantrophilon – Parapaulipalpina – Parapropus – Paraspeonomus – Paratroglophyes – Parvospeonomus – Patriziella – Paulipalpina – Peckardia – Peckena – Perkovskius – Perriniella – Petkovskiella – Phacomorphus – Phaneropella – Philomessor – Philomessor – Pholeuodromus – Pholeuon – Pholeuonella – Pholeuonidius – Pholeuonopsis – Pinodytes – Pisidiella – Platycholeus – Platyhydnobius – Platypsyllus – Popeus – Pretneria – Prionochaeta – Prionochaeta – Proleonhardella – Proptomaphaginus – Prospelaeobates – Prospelaeobates – Protobracharthron – Protopholeuon – Pseudcolenis – Pseudoagathidium – Pseudobathyscidius – Pseudoboldoria – Pseudochlamys – Pseudocyrtusiola – Pseudonargiotes – Pseudonemadus – Pseudospeonomus – Ptomaphaginus – Ptomaphagus – Purkynella –
Q

Quaestus –
R

Radevia – Radziella – Ragytodes – Ragytodina – Rangiola – Ravasinia – Redensekia – Remyella – Rhodopiola – Roubaliella – Royerella – Rozajella – Rybinskiella – Rybinskiella –
S

Salgadoia – Sbordoniola – Sciaphyes – Sciodrepoides – Sciodrepoides – Scotocryptodes – Scotocryptus – Sengletiola – Serbopholeuonopsis – Setnikia – Silphopsyllus – Sinobathyscia – Sinuicollia – Sogda – Sophrochaeta – Spelaeobates – Spelaeochlamys – Spelaeodromus – Spelaites – Speocharidius – Speocharinus – Speodiaetus – Speonemadus – Speonesiotes – Speonomidius – Speonomites – Speonomus – Speophyes – Speoplanes – Sphaerobathyscia – Sphaeropelatops – Stereus – Stetholiodes – Stygiophyes – Synaristus – Synaulus –
T

Tafforeus – Takobiella – Takobiella – Tartariella – Termitoglobus – Tismanella – Trapezodirus – Triarthron – Trocharanis – Troglocharinus – Troglodromus – Troglophyes – Typhlochlamys – Typhlocolenis –
V

Velebitodromus – Viallia – Vratzaniola –
W

Weiratheria –
X

Xanthosphaera –
Z

Zariquieyella – Zeadolopus – Zeagyrtes – Zeagyrtoma – Zearagytodes – Zelodes – Zenocolon – †Nyujwa

In synonymy: Acanthodiaprepus – Asphaerites – Blackburniella – Camirus – Homoeosoma – Pelatonoma – Ragytes – Sphaeroliodes – Topalella – Topaliola – Tricholoma – Typhloleiodes – ...

Check: Acanthocatops – Adelops – Afroleiodes – ...
Name

Leiodidae Fleming, 1821

Synonyms

Catopidae
Colonidae

References

Fleming, J. 1821. Insecta. Supplement to the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Editions of the Encyclopaedia Britannica Volume Fifth [Part 1]. 584 pp. A. Constable and Company, Edinburgh, 41–56, pl. 85. Archive Reference page.
Newton, A.F., jr. 1998: Phylogenetic problems, current classification and generic catalog of world Leiodidae (including Cholevidae). Pp. 41-178 in Giachino, P.M.; Peck, S.B. (eds.) Phylogeny and evolution of subterranean and endogean Cholevidae (=Leiodidae Cholevinae) Proceedings of XX I.C.E. Firenze, 1996. Atti Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino. Reference page.
Perreau, M., Ghahari, H. & Angelini, R. 2017. A checklist of Leiodidae (Coleoptera: Staphylinoidea) of Iran. Zootaxa 4286(1): 70–92. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4286.1.3. Reference page.
Ribeiro-Costa, C.S., Almeida, L.M., Caron, E., Corrêa, G.H., Linzmeier, A.M. & dos Santos, P.B. 2010. Catalog of the types of some families of Coleoptera (Insecta) deposited at Coleção de Entomologia Pe. J. S. Moure, Curitiba, Brazil. Zootaxa 2535: 1–34. Preview. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2535.1.1 Paywall. Academia.edu. Reference page.
Salgado, J.M., 2005: New species of Leiodidae (Coleoptera) and new records from the Neotropical Region. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 112 (4): 963–982. Abstract: [https://web.archive.org/web/20181121134621/http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN.
Seago, A.E. 2008: Systematics of the round fungus beetles (Coleoptera: Leiodidae), with a special focus on the austral tribe Agyrtodini. UNPUBL. PhD THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY. 283 PP.
Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 2 ed. I. Lobl, & A. Smetana, Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark, 2004
ISBN 87-88757-74-9, p.133

Links

Leiodidae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
Atlas of the family Leiodidae of Russia

Vernacular names
čeština: Lanýžovníkovití
Deutsch: Schwammkugelkäfer
English: Round Fungus Beetle
français: Liodide
lietuvių: Kerpvabaliai
norsk: Mycelbiller
русский: Лейодиды
中文: 球蕈甲科

Leiodidae is a family of beetles with around 3800 described species found worldwide. Members of this family are commonly called round fungus beetles due to the globular shape of many species, although some are more elongated in shape. They are generally small or very small beetles (less than 10 mm in length) and many (but not all) species have clubbed antennae.

Adults and larvae of these beetles generally feed on fungi in rotting plant or animal material. Some species are common in birds' nests and mammal dens.
See also

List of Leiodidae genera

References

Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.

Family description
Web-based taxonomy pages ("scratchpad") for the Cholevinae of the world (here treated as a separate family)