Ephebus (beetle)
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Endomychidae |
| Subfamily: | Epipocinae |
| Genus: | Ephebus Gerstaecker 1858. |
Ephebus is a genus of handsome fungus beetles in the family Endomychidae. There are several described species in Ephebus.[1][2]
Species
[edit]These 9 species belong to the genus Ephebus:[3][4]
- Ephebus cardinalis Gerstaecker, 1858 – Colombia
- Ephebus chontalesianus Gorham, 1887/99 – Costa Rica, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
- Ephebus convexiusculus Gerstaecker, 1858 – Colombia, Venezuela
- Ephebus exclusus Strohecker, 1975 – Guatemala
- Ephebus hirtulus Gerstaecker, 1858 – Bolivia, Brazil
- Ephebus longulus Stroheckjer, 1975 – Guatemala
- Ephebus piceus Gorham, 1887/99 – Colombia, Guatemala, Nicaragua.
- Ephebus pumilus Gerstaecker, 1858 – Colombia
- Ephebus sulcatus Strohecker, 1975 – Colombia, El Salvador, Mexico.
- Ephebus terminatus Gerstaecker, 1858 – Colombia, Venezuela
References
[edit]- ^ Strohecker, H.F. 1975. A Review of the genus Ephebus (Coleoptera, Endomychidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 29(4): 333–337.
- ^ Shockley, F.W., Tomaszewska, K.W. & McHugh, J.V. 2009. An annotated checklist of the handsome fungus beetles of the world (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Endomychidae). Zootaxa 1999: 1–113.
- ^ "Ephebus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
- ^ "Ephebus". iNaturalist. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
Further reading
[edit]- Skelley, Paul E.; Leschen, Richard A.B. (2002). Arnett, R.H. (ed.). Family 92. Endomychidae Leach 1815. In: American Beetles Vol. 2: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea Through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 366–370. ISBN 0-8493-0954-9.
- Strohecker, H.F. (1986). "Family: Endomychidae". A Catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico. United States Department of Agriculture.
- Tomaszewska, K. Wioletta (2005). "Phylogeny and generic classification of the subfamily Lycoperdininae with a re-analysis of the family Endomychidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)". Annales Zoologici. 55, suppl. 1. ISSN 0003-4541.
- Tomaszewska, K. Wioletta (2000). "Morphology, phylogeny and classification of adult Endomychidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)". Annales Zoologici. 50 (4): 449–558. ISSN 0003-4541.
External links
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Data related to Ephebus (beetle) at Wikispecies
