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Languriini

Languriini is a tribe of pleasing fungus beetles commonly known as the lizard beetles. They belong to subfamily Languriinae, formerly a distinct family ; sometimes the Languriinae are entirely merged into subfamily Erotylinae. The name Languriini was mistakenly attributed to George Robert Crotch for some time before the early 21st century.

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Languriini
Doubledaya ustulata in Mae On District, Thailand
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Erotylidae
Subfamily: Languriinae
Tribe: Languriini
Hope, 1840 ["1841"]
Synonyms

Cladoxenini Arrow, 1925
Languriini Crotch, 1873 (lapsus)

Languriini is a tribe of pleasing fungus beetles (family Erotylidae) commonly known as the lizard beetles. They belong to subfamily Languriinae, formerly a distinct family (in which case the Languriini were up-ranked to subfamily and named Languriinae); sometimes the Languriinae are entirely merged into subfamily Erotylinae.1 The name Languriini was mistakenly attributed to George Robert Crotch for some time before the early 21st century.2

Lizard beetles are a mostly tropical group; while they are very common in temperate North America east of the Rocky Mountains, with less than 20 species in a mere handful of genera they are not particularly diverse there. Adults are generally narrow, parallel-sided or somewhat tapering towards the elytra tips, and often metallic and/or with a red thorax. Unlike other Erotylidae, they are commonly found on leaves or flowers, and their larvae bore into plant stems instead of eating fungi like most of their relatives.134

Genera

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Languriini unite about 670 species in roughly 60 genera:15

Data sources: i = ITIS,2 c = Catalogue of Life,6 g = GBIF,7 b = Bugguide.net1

  • Acropteroxys
  • Amyduvea Zia, 1934
  • Anadastus Gorham, 1887 g (=Neolanguria, Perilanguria, Stenodastus)
  • Anisoderomorpha Arrow, 1925
  • Anomalolanguria Villiers, 1943
  • Apterodastus Arrow, 1925
  • Basulanguria Sengupta & Mukherjee, 1977
  • Brasilanguria Martins & Perreira, 1965
  • Caenolanguria Gorham, 1887 g (=Acrolanguria, Coenolanguria (lapsus), Caenoelanguria (lapsus), Gurilana)
  • Callilanguria Crotch, 1876
  • Camptocarpus Gorham, 1887
  • Celolanguria Arrow, 1925
  • Chromauges Gorham, 1887
  • Cladoxena Motschulsky, 1866
  • Clerolanguria Villiers, 1943
  • Compsolanguria Fowler, 1886
  • Congodastus Villiers, 1961
  • Crotchia Fowler, 1886 (=Croatchia (lapsus), Cladophila (nomen nudum), Deerratus)
  • Dasydactylus
  • Doubledaya White, 1850 g (=Coptolanguria, Cosmolanguria, Glyphilanguria, Languriosoma)
  • Ectrapezidera Fowler, 1909
  • Epilanguria Fowler, 1908 g (=Leptolanguria)
  • Fatua Crotch, 1876 (=Macromelea)
  • Ganluria Heller, 1918
  • Goniolanguria Crotch, 1875 (="Goniocephala", nomen nudum)
  • Idiolanguria Arrow, 1925
  • Ischnolanguria Kraatz, 1900 (=Ischonolanguria (lapsus))
  • Labidolanguria Fowler, 1908
  • Languria (=Janessa)
  • Languriomorpha (sometimes in Pachylanguria)
  • Languriophasma Arrow, 1925
  • Langurites
  • Leucohimatium Rosenhauer, 1856
  • Ligurana Chûjô, 1974 g
  • Malleolanguria Martins & Perreira, 1965
  • Megalanguria Arrow, 1925
  • Meristobelus Gorham, 1887
  • Microlanguria Lewis, 1884 (=Microcladoxena, Platycladoxena)
  • Neanadastus Zia, 1959
  • Neocladoxena Maeda, 1974 g
  • Neoloberolus Leschen, 2003 i c g
  • Nomotus Gorham, 1887
  • Ortholanguria Crotch, 1875 (=Ortholanguroides)
  • Oxylanguria Crotch, 1876
  • Pachylanguria Crotch, 1876 g
  • Paederolanguria Mader, 1939 g (=Sinolanguria)
  • Paracladoxena Fowler, 1886 (=Parachladoxena (lapsus))
  • Paulianus Villiers, 1943
  • Penolanguria Kolbe, 1897
  • Pentelanguria Crotch, 1876 (=Pentalanguria (lapsus))
  • Promecolanguria Fowler, 1885 (=Barbaropus)
  • Serralanguria Huang, 2025
  • Slipinskiella Leschen & Węgrzynowicz, 1998 (=Promecolanguria auct. nec Fowler, 1885: preoccupied)
  • Stenolanguria Fowler, 1885
  • Teretilanguria Crotch, 1875
  • Tetraphala Sturm, 1843 g (=Metabellus (lapsus), Metabelus, Tetralanguria g, Tetralanguroides)
  • Tomolanguria Huang, 2020
  • Trapezidera Motschulsky, 1860
  • Trapezidistes Fowler, 1887 g (=Chirolanguria, Lacertobelus)
References

References

  1. "Languriini Tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2026-06-16.
  2. "Languriini Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-26. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. Borror, Donald J. and Richard E. White. A Field Guide to the Insects of America North of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin, Boston: 1970. p. 175
  4. "Tribus Languriini". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2026-06-16.
  5. "Languriini Hope, 1840". BioLib. Retrieved 2026-06-16.
  6. "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  7. "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-03-26.
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