Lobosternum
| Lobosternum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Erotylidae |
| Genus: | Lobosternum Reitter, 1875 |
| Species: | L. clavicorne
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| Binomial name | |
| Lobosternum clavicorne Reitter, 1875
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Lobosternum is a monotypic genus of pleasing fungus beetles (family Erotylidae), established by Edmund Reitter in 1875 to contain the single species Lobosternum clavicorne from South America.[1]
Some authors place this genus in tribe Empocryptini of subfamily Cryptophilinae, others accept fewer subfamilies in the Erotylidae and place Lobosternum in tribe Cryptophilini or Empocryptini of subfamily Xenoscelinae. Earlier authors usually allied Lobosternum with the lizard beetles, at that time held to be a distinct family Languriidae, wherein Lobosternum was placed in subfamily Toraminae. But the "Languriidae" was actually paraphyletic with Erotylidae and eventually was merged into it.[1][2]
References
Data related to Lobosternum at Wikispecies
- ^ a b Leschen, Richard A.B. & Węgrzynowicz, Piotr (1998): Generic catalogue and taxonomic status of Languriidae (Cucujoidea). Ann.Zool. 48(3/4): 221-243. PDF fulltext
- ^ "Lobosternum Reitter, 1875". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2026-06-19.