Checklist of - Entomological Society of Canada

Erotylidae
Family EROTYLIDAE pleasing fungus beetles
J.M. Campbell
The family Erotylidae is found in all faunal The family is well known taxonomically; Boyle
regions of the world but primarily in moist, tropical (1956) revised the North American species, and Sen
areas. Only 20 species are known to occur in
Gupta (1969) worked out the higher classifrcation.
Canada. Adults are frequently found under bark or
under logs. Both larvae and adults feed on the eC (5);AB (6); SK (4); MB (5); ON (1a); PQ (1a); NB
fruiting bodies of higher fungr. (2); NS (1)
Genus DACNE Latreille
(Subgenus DACNE s. str.)
(Ezgis Paykull)
D. californica (Horn)
cephalotes Casey
elongata Casey
Iaticollis Casey
uteana Casey
D. quadrimaculata (Say)
(Subgenus XENODACNE Boyle)
D. picea LeConte
Genus MEGAI-ODACNE Crotch
M. fasciata (Fabricius)
bifasciatus (Olivier)
M. heros (Say)
Subfamily DACNINAE
_BC
_BC
MB ON PQ
-oNPQ
-oNPQ
Genus TRIPLAX Herbst
Subfamily TRIPLACINAE
T. antica LeConte - BC AB SK
mormonalis Casey
T. californica LeConle - BC AB
T. cuneata Boyle - BC AB
T. dissimulator (Crotcht AB SK MB ON PQ
carri Casey
T. flavicollis Lacordaire - ON PQ
confinis LeConte
T. frosti Casey AB SK MB ON PQ NB
T. macra LeConte MB ON PQ
T. thoracica Say AB SK MB ON PQ NB
antennata Casey
breuicollis Casey
conuergens Casey
latiuscula Casey
melano p t era Lacordarre
obliqua Casey
Genus TRITOMA Fabricius
Cyrtotriplar Ctotch
T. biguttata tSay) PQ
basalis Lacordaire
T. humeralis Fabricius
ornata Casey
- ON PQ
ruficeps LeConte
taeniata LeConte
uittata LeConLe
T. mimetica (Crotch) ON PQ
T. pulchra Say - ON PQ - NS
basalis Melsheimer
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