| Hapalips | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Erotylidae |
| Subfamily: | Xenoscelinae |
| Genus: | Hapalips Reitter, 1877 |
| Type species | |
| Hapalips mexicanus Reitter, 1877
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| Synonyms | |
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Cavophorus Sen Gupta, 1968 | |
Hapalips is a nondescript-looking but quite diverse genus of pleasing fungus beetles (family Erotylidae). Some authors place this genus in subfamily Loberinae, others accept fewer subfamilies in the Erotylidae and merge the Loberinae into subfamily Xenoscelinae as tribe Loberini. Earlier authors usually allied Hapalips with the lizard beetles, at that time held to be a distinct family Languriidae but actually was paraphyletic with Erotylidae and eventually was merged into it.123
Beetles of this genus can be found in much of the world, but with a marked a preference for at least subtropical regions. In the USA, for example, they are only often seen in Florida, with occurrences elsewhere probably due to human introductions. The closely related Truquiella gibbifera is very similar to and may easily be confused with Hapalips.4
Selected species
As of 1998, 57 species were named in genus Hapalips. They include:1253
- Hapalips acaciae Sen Gupta, 1968
- Hapalips angulosus Grouvelle, 1908
- Hapalips bicolor Bruce, 1954
- Hapalips cribricollis Gorham
- Hapalips curta Grouvelle, 1919
- Hapalips delauneyi Grouvelle, 1908
- Hapalips dufaui Grouvelle, 1908
- Hapalips eichelbaumi Grouvelle, 1908
- Hapalips filum Reitter
- Hapalips fuscus Reitter 1877
- Hapalips grouvelli Gorham
- Hapalips guadeloupensis Grouvelle, 1902
- Hapalips hispidus Bruce, 1952
- Hapalips investigatus Leschen & Wegrzynowicz, 1998 (= H.fuscus (Lea, 1929) nec Reitter, 1877: preoccupied)
- Hapalips juscus Reitter
- Hapalips kivuensis Bruce, 1952
- Hapalips lucudus Champion
- Hapalips mexicanus Reitter 1877
- Hapalips nigriceps Reitter
- Hapalips nitidulus Champion
- Hapalips prolixus (Sharp, 1876)
- Hapalips samoensis Arrow, 1927
- Hapalips scotti Grouvelle
- Hapalips sculpticollis Champion
- Hapalips sharpi Grouvelle, 1908
- Hapalips spegazzini Bruch, 1919
- Hapalips taprobanae (Grouvelle, 1902)
- Hapalips texanus Schaeffer, 1910
Three subgenera have been proposed:2
- Hapalips (Cavophorus) for the group around H.investigatus, e.g. H.acaciae
- Hapalips (Hapalips) for the group around H.mexicanus (the bulk of the genus)
- Hapalips (Xenosceloides) for the group around H.prolixus, e.g. H.filum, H.scotti, and possibly H.taprobanae (in which case the subgenus name becomes Loberina)
In addition, as remarked above, the monotypic genus Truquiella is very similar to Hapalips and might be included therein as its most basal member (and forming a monotypic subgenus).3
References
References
- "Hapalips Reitter, 1877". GBIF. Retrieved 2026-06-18.
- Leschen, Richard A.B. & Węgrzynowicz, Piotr (1998): Generic catalogue and taxonomic status of Languriidae (Cucujoidea). Ann.Zool. 48(3/4): 221-243. PDF fulltext
- Taylor, Christopher (2020): Variety of Life - Languriinae. Retrieved 2026-06-19.
- "Genus Hapalips". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2026-06-19.
- "Languriini Hope, 1840". BioLib. Retrieved 2026-06-19.
Further reading
Further reading
- Leschen, Richard A. B. (2003). Erotylidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) phylogey and review. Fauna of New Zealand. Vol. 47. Manaaki Whenua Press. ISBN 978-0-478-09350-6. ISSN 0111-5383.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.