Family Erotylidae

The pleasing fungus beetles

reviewed and corrected by Paul Skelley July 1995

Subfamily Megalodacninae

Megalodacne Crotch

• M. fasciata (Fabricius), TX-CO-MN-NY-FL (ALA, CHA, COLL, COLU, DIX, FLA, FRA, HER, HIG, HIL, IND, JAC, LEV, LIB, MARI, ORA, POL, SAR, SEM, SJO, VOL)
• M. heros (Say), TX-MN-CT-FL (ALA, BRA, COLU, DUV, GIL, HIL, JAC, JEF, LEO, LIB, PUT, VOL)

Subfamily Tritominae

Ischyrus Lacordaire

• I. dunedinensis Blatchley, GA-FL (ALA, BRO, FLA, HIG, HIL, IND, MARI, ORA, PIN, VOL, WAL); rare
  = tripunctatus Blatchley, not Crotch
• I. q. quadripunctatus (Olivier), seUS, TX-MN-PQ-FL (ALA, BRO, CAL, COLU, DAD, DIX, DUV, GAD, GIL, HAR, HER, HIG, IND, JAC, LAF, LEO, LIB, MAD, MAN, MAR, ORA, OSC, POL, PUT, SJO, SUW, VOL, WAK)

Pseudischyrus Casey

• P. extricatus (Crotch), TX-NC-FL (ALA, BRE, BRO, CLA, DAD, DUV, ESC, FLA, GUL, HIG, HIL, IND, LAK, LEE, LEO, LEV, LIB, MARI, OSC, PAL, PIN, POL, SEM, SJO, SLU, SUW, TAY, VOL)
• P. nigrans (Crotch), GA-FL (ALA, COLL, DAD, GIL, HIG, IND, LAK, LEE, LEV, LIB, MARI, NAS, ORA, PAL, PIN, PUT, SEM, SLU, SUW, WAK); status undetermined
  = P. acuminatus Casey
  = Tritoma dissimilis Blatchley
• P. ventriloquax Boyle, NC-GA-FL (LEO, WAL)

Triplax Herbst

• T. alachuae Boyle, FL endemic (ALA, CLA, COLU, DUV, HIG, LEV, MARI); rare
• T. festiva Lacordaire, TX-MI-NY-FL (ALA, COLU, DIX, DUV, GIL, HIG, LAF, LAK, LEV, MARI, PIN, PUT, SEM, UNI, VOL)
• T. flavicollis Lacordaire, TX-MN-PQ-FL (ALA, HIG, JAC, LAK, LEO, LEV, LIB, OKA, PUT, TAY, UNI, VOL)
• T. frontalis Horn, (LEO, LIB, OKA); status undetermined
• T. puncticollis Casey, (OKA)
• T. thoracica Say, MN-ND-NB-FL (ALA, COLU, HAM, HIG, IND, JAC, JEF, LAK, LEO, LIB, OKA, UNI, WAK)

Tritoma Fabricius (see Goodrich and Skelley 1991)

• T. angulata Say, TX-NE-MA-FL (ALA, COLU, HIL, JAC, LAK, LEV, LIB, MARI, WAL)
  = brunnea Lacordaire
• T. atriventris LeConte, TX-KS-VA-FL (ALA, DUV, ESC, GAD, HIG, IND, JAC, LAK, LEO, LEV, LIB, MARI, OKA, ORA, OSC, PIN, PUT, VOL, WAL)
• T. biguttata affinis Lacordaire, TX-IA-VA-FL (ALA, COLU, DUV, HIG, IND, JAC, JEF, LAK, LIB, MARI, PAL, SRO, UNI, WAL)
• T. erythrocephala Lacordaire, TX-MO-NY-FL (ALA, BAK, ESC, LEV, PUT, SJO, VOL)
• T. mimetica (Crotch), eUS, FL (LIB)
• T. pulchra Say, eNAmer, FL (LIB, WAL); status undetermined
• T. sanguinipennis (Say), eUS, FL (LIB, WAL); status undetermined
• T. tenebrosa Fall, AL-PA-NY-FL (ALA, CIT, DUV, HAM, LEE, OSC, POL); status undetermined
• *T. unicolor Say, LA-MN-MA-FL (BRE). This record is from Schwarz (1878) and is possibly a misidenti-fication of T. tenebrosa (Skelley 1988b).

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