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Loberus

Loberus is a sizeable genus of pleasing fungus beetles found in most partos of the world. 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.

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Loberus
Loberus anthracinus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Erotylidae
Subfamily: Xenoscelinae
Genus: Loberus
LeConte, 1861
Type species
Loberus impressus
LeConte, 1863
Synonyms

Glisonotha Motschulsky, 1863
Glysonotha (lapsus)

Loberus is a sizeable genus of pleasing fungus beetles (family Erotylidae) found in most partos of the world (though they are more scarce in the Old World). 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.12

Selected species

In 1997, more than 70 species were recognized in this genus, and some additional ones have been discovered since then. Species of Loberus include:123

  • Loberus aeratus Bruce, 1953
  • Loberus anthracinus (Broun, 1893)
  • Loberus borealis Leschen, 2003
  • Loberus breviformis (Blackburn, 1895)
  • Loberus burmensis
  • Loberus cordatus Grouvelle, 1903
  • Loberus depressus (Sharp, 1876)
  • Loberus discipennis Reitter, 1875
  • Loberus diversicollis Grouvelle, 1903
  • Loberus fauveli Grouvelle, 1917
  • Loberus foveolatus
  • Loberus imbellis Casey, 1900
  • Loberus impressus LeConte, 1863
  • Loberus insularis Casey
  • Loberus koebelei (Blackburn, 1895)
  • Loberus javanensis Bruce, 1954
  • Loberus marginicollis (Grouvelle, 1913)
  • Loberus nitens (Sharp, 1876)
  • Loberus obscurus Montrouzier, 1864
  • Loberus ornatus Schaeffer, 1904
  • Loberus pictus Montrouzier, 1861
  • Loberus puberulus Casey
  • Loberus sharpi (Blackburn, 1895)
  • Loberus stygius (Blackburn, 1895)
  • Loberus subchalceus Grouvelle, 1903
  • Loberus subglaber Casey, 1900
  • Loberus sublautus (Blackburn, 1903)
  • Loberus testaceipennis Grouvelle, 1916
  • Loberus testaceus Reitter, 1875
  • Loberus tropicus Kirsch, 1873
  • Loberus velox Grouvelle, 1919
  • Loberus vitraci Grouvelle, 1902
  • Loberus watti Leschen, 2003
References

References

  1. "Loberus J.L. LeConte, 1861". GBIF. Retrieved 2026-06-18.
  2. Leschen, Richard A.B. & Węgrzynowicz, Piotr (1998): Generic catalogue and taxonomic status of Languriidae (Cucujoidea). Ann.Zool. 48(3/4): 221-243. PDF fulltext
  3. "Loberus LeConte, 1861". 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.