Cyrtomorphus

Cyrtomorphus
Cyrtomorphus connexus
Scale bar = 1 mm
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Erotylidae
Subfamily: Erotylinae
Genus: Cyrtomorphus
Lacordaire, 1842[1]
Type species
Cyrtomorphus pantherinus
Lacordaire, 1876

Cyrtomorphus is a genus of pleasing fungus beetles (insects in the family Erotylidae). Species are found in Far East Asia, from Taiwan and southern China to the Sunda Shelf. There is also a record from Pozuzo in Peru which is suspect on biogeographical grounds, because pleasing fungus beetle genera are usually restricted to a single coherent landmass. These small and roundish beetles strikingly resemble ladybeetles even more than numerous other pleasing fungus beetles do. This genus is placed in subfamily Tritominae, or – in taxonomic arrangements that prefer a more comprehensive subfamily Erotylinae – in tribe Tritomini of the Erotylinae.[2][3]

Species

  • Cyrtomorphus chinensis (Mader, 1955)
  • Cyrtomorphus clypeoniger
  • Cyrtomorphus connexus Gorham, 1896
  • Cyrtomorphus duodecimmaculatus (Araki, 1941)
  • Cyrtomorphus dux (Arrow, 1925)
  • Cyrtomorphus duxoides (Mader, 1955)
  • Cyrtomorphus inversus (Crotch, 1876)
  • Cyrtomorphus liui (Chûjô, 1967)
  • Cyrtomorphus moultoni (Kuhnt, 1910)
  • Cyrtomorphus pantherinus Lacordaire, 1876
  • Cyrtomorphus pardalinus (Gorham, 1896)
  • Cyrtomorphus pusillus Kirsch, 1876 (disputed)
  • Cyrtomorphus rufobrunneus Jia & Li, 2019
  • Cyrtomorphus yunnanus (Mader, 1937)

References

  • Media related to Cyrtomorphus at Wikimedia Commons
  1. ^ Monographie des érotyliens, famille de l'ordre des coléoptères. JT Lacordaire, 1842
  2. ^ "Genus Cyrtomorphus". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2026-06-15.
  3. ^ "Cyrtomorphus Lacordaire, 1842". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2026-06-15.