Endomychidae Checklist: Handsome Fungus Beetles
Handsome fungus beetles from the family Endomychidae Leach, 1815 are generally recognized by the presence of two longitudinal sulci (groove) or sublateral lines on the pronotum with some exceptions, and the presence of frontoclypeal suture (transverse groove across the face).
Etymology
Why handsome? Could not find any literature on the etymology behind the family’s name.
Checklist
This page consists of a personal checklist of all Handsome Fungus Beetles (Endomychidae) that I’ve encountered over the years. Most were identified with the help from the kind folks on Flickr and Facebook, especially Boris Büche and David Ball.
All photos are of live subjects shot in the field, with the dorsal view selected where available. Click on individual photos for larger views and views from other angles. As specimens were not collected, identifications were done purely based on photographs and may not be 100% accurate.
This page will be updated regularly, please let me know if you spot any mistakes.
View my complete Flickr photo set: Endomychidae – Handsome Fungus Beetles.
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Class: Insecta Linnaeus, 1758
Order: Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758
Family: Endomychidae Leach, 1815
Subfamily: Endomychinae Leach, 1815
Singapore: Cyclotoma sumatrensis (Gorham, 1888)
West Malaysia: Meilichius cf. nigricollis Gerstaecker, 1857
Subfamily: Epipocinae Gorham, 1873
Peru: Epopterus sp.
Ecuador: Epopterus flavolineatus Strohecker, 1957
Subfamily: Lycoperdininae Redtenbacher, 1844
Singapore: Amphisternus vomeratus Gorham, 1901
Singapore: Amphisternus sp.
West Malaysia: Beccariola septemmaculata Pic, 1932
East Malaysia: Cacodaemon sp.
Singapore: Cacodaemon hystricosus (Gerstaecker, 1857)
Singapore: Dryadites borneensis Frivaldszky, 1883
Peru: Corynomalus sp.
Peru: Corynomalus sp.
Singapore: Eumorphus assamensis Gerstaecker, 1857
Singapore: Eumorphus marginatus Fabricius, 1801
Singapore: Eumorphus quadriguttatus (Illiger, 1800)
Singapore: Eumorphus tetraspilotus Hope, 1832
Singapore: Eumorphus westwoodi Guérin-Méneville, 1858
Singapore: Gerstaeckerus spurius Strohecker, 1971
Singapore: Mycetina sp.
Singapore: Spathomeles sp.
Madagascar: Haploscelis sp.
Subfamily: Stenotarsinae Chapuis, 1876
Singapore: Stenotarsus pardalis Gerstaecker, 1858
Singapore: Stenotarsus cf. nobilis Gerstaecker, 1858
Singapore: Stenotarsus sp. DSC_2543
Singapore: Stenotarsus sp. P2269096
East Malaysia: Stenotarsus sp. P7084363
Unidentified
Singapore: Endomychidae 181373
Larvae
Singapore: Endomychidae
Singapore: Endomychidae
Singapore: Endomychidae
Singapore: Endomychidae
Singapore: Endomychidae
Singapore: Endomychidae
East Malaysia: Endomychidae
Guy Laraway
stumbled across your site while on Reditt. AWESOME! You have some very interesting stuff. I bookmarked it to share with my “fraidycat” kids. Thank you for doing what you do.