Xenoscelinae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Superfamilia: Cucujoidea

Familia: Erotylidae
Subfamilia: Xenoscelinae
Genera: Arrowcryptus - Loberonotha - Macrophagus - Othniocryptus - Protoloberus - Xenocryptus - Xenoscelis - Zavaljus
Name

Xenoscelinae
Synonyms

Loberonothini Sen Gupta & Crowson, 1969
Type genus: Loberonotha Sen Gupta & Crowson, 1969 [syn. Leschen (2003)]

References

Leschen, R.A.B. 2003: Erotylidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cucujoidea): phylogeny and review. Fauna of New Zealand, (47)
Sen Gupta, T. & Crowson, R.A. 1969. On a new family of Clavicornia (Coleoptera) and a new genus of Languriidae. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B) 38(9-10): 125-131. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1969.tb00245.x Paywall. Reference page.

Xenoscelinae is a subfamily of pleasing fungus beetles in the family Erotylidae. There are about 8 genera and 12 described species in Xenoscelinae.[1][2][3]
Toramus pulchellus

Genera

These eight genera belong to the subfamily Xenoscelinae:

Cryptophilus Reitter, 1874 i c g b
Hapalips Reitter, 1877 i c g b
Loberonotha Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1969 i c g
Loberus LeConte, 1861 i c g b
Pharaxonotha Reitter, 1875 i c g b
Protoloberus Leschen, 2003 i c g
Toramus Grouvelle, 1916 i c g b
Truquiella b

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[2]
References

"Xenoscelinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
"Xenoscelinae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
"Xenoscelinae Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
"Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-03-31.

"GBIF". Retrieved 2018-03-31.

Further reading

Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys. Pensoft Publishers (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
Crotch, G.R. (1873). Check list of the Coleoptera of America, north of Mexico. Naturalists' Agency. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38811. ISBN 0665070772.
Evans, Arthur V.; Hogue, James N. (2006). Field Guide to Beetles of California. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520246577.
Klimaszewski, Jan; Watt, J.Charles (1997). "Coleoptera: family-group review and keys to identification". Fauna of New Zealand. 37.
Lawrence, J.F.; Newton Jr., A.F. (1995). Pakaluk, James; Slipinski, Stanislaw Adam (eds.). Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names). Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson. 2. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN. pp. 779–1006. ISBN 83-85192-34-4.
Lawrence, J.F.; Vaurie, P. (1983). "Family: Languriidae". A Catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico. United States Department of Agriculture.
LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
Leng, Charles W. (1920). Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico. John D. Sherman, Jr. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.8777.
Leschen, Richard A.B. (2003). "Erotylidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) phylogey and review" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. Manaaki Whenua Press. 47. ISBN 0-478-09350-0. ISSN 0111-5383.
Lord, Nathan Patrick; Hartley, Christopher S.; Lawrence, John F.; McHugh, Joseph V.; et al. (2010). "Phylogenetic analysis of the minute brown scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Latridiidae), and recognition of a new beetle family, Akalyptoischiidae fam. n. (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)". Systematic Entomology. 35 (4): 753–763. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00532.x. ISSN 0307-6970.
Poole, Robert W.; Gentili, Patricia, eds. (1996). "A Check List of the Insects of North America: Coleoptera". Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America. Entomological Information Services. 1: Coleoptera, Strepsiptera: 41–820. ISBN 9781889002019.
Skelley, Paul E.; McHugh, Joseph V. (2002). Arnett Jr., R. Jr.; Thomas, M.; Skelley, P.; Frank, J. (eds.). Family 87. Erotylidae Leach 1815. American Beetles vol. 2, Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 348–355. ISBN 0-8493-0954-9.
White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.