Eupsilobiidae
{{Short description|Family of beetles}}
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| image = Eupsilobius politus.png
| image_caption = Holotype specimen of Eidoreus politus
| display_parents = 3
| taxon = Eupsilobiidae
| authority = Casey, 1895
| subdivision = See text
| synonyms = Eupsilobiinae
}}
Eupsilobiidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Coccinelloidea, formerly included within the family Endomychidae.{{Cite journal |last1=Robertson |first1=James A. |last2=Ślipiński |first2=Adam |last3=Moulton |first3=Matthew |last4=Shockley |first4=Floyd W. |last5=Giorgi |first5=Adriano |last6=Lord |first6=Nathan P. |last7=Mckenna |first7=Duane D. |last8=Tomaszewska |first8=Wioletta |last9=Forrester |first9=Juanita |last10=Miller |first10=Kelly B. |last11=Whiting |first11=Michael F. |last12=Mchugh |first12=Joseph V. |date=October 2015 |title=Phylogeny and classification of Cucujoidea and the recognition of a new superfamily Coccinelloidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia): Systematics of Cucujoidea and Coccinelloidea |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/syen.12138 |journal=Systematic Entomology |language=en |volume=40 |issue=4 |pages=745–778 |doi=10.1111/syen.12138|s2cid=55206626 |url-access=subscription }} Most genera are restricted to the Neotropics, while the genus Eidoreus is found worldwide. They are fungivores, and have been observed living commensally in bee and ant nests.Tomaszewska, Wioletta. "10.32. Endomychidae Leach, 1815". Volume 2 Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim), edited by Willy Kükenthal, Richard A.B. Leschen, Rolf G. Beutel and John F. Lawrence, Berlin, New York: De Gruyter, 2011, pp. 442-454.
Genera
The following seven genera, altogether comprising 16 species, are currently included in Eupsilobiidae:{{cite journal |last1=Shockley |first1=Floyd W. |last2=Tomaszewska |first2=K. Wioletta |last3=McHugh |first3=Joseph V. |date=2009 |title=An annotated checklist of the handsome fungus beetles of the world (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Endomychidae) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=1999 |pages=1–113 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.1999.1.1 }}{{Cite journal |last=Tomaszewska |first=Wioletta |date=December 2011 |title=On African Eupsilobiinae (Coleoptera: Endomychidae) with descriptions of a new genus and species |journal=Journal of Insect Science |language=en |volume=11 |issue=166 |page=166 |doi=10.1673/031.011.16601 |issn=1536-2442 |pmc=3281418 |pmid=22224658}}
- Cerasommatidia Brèthes, 1925
- Chileolobius Pakaluk & Ślipiński, 1990
- Eidoreus Sharp, 1885
- Evolocera Sharp, 1902
- Ibicarella Pakaluk & Ślipiński, 1990
- Microxenus Wollaston, 1861 – South Africa
- Natalinus Tomaszewska, 2011 – South Africa
References
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Further reading
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| editor-last1 = Arnett | editor-first1 = R.H. Jr.
| editor-last2 = Thomas | editor-first2 = M. C.
| editor-last3 = Skelley | editor-first3 = P. E.
| editor-last4 = Frank | editor-first4 = J. H.
| date = 2002
| title = American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
| publisher = CRC Press
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- {{Cite book
| last1 = Kellogg | first1 = Vernon L.
| date = 1905
| title = American insects
| publisher = H. Holt
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- {{Cite book
| last1 = Arnett | first1 = Ross H. Jr.
| date = 2000
| title = American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
| publisher = CRC Press
| volume = 2nd Edition
| isbn = 0-8493-0212-9
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- {{Cite book
| last1 = Leng | first1 = Charles W.
| date = 1920
| title = Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico
| publisher = John D. Sherman, Jr.
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- {{Cite book
| last1 = Crotch | first1 = G.R.
| date = 1873
| title = Check list of the Coleoptera of America, north of Mexico
| publisher = Naturalists' Agency
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- {{Cite book
| editor-last1 = Capinera | editor-first1 = John L.
| date = 2008
| title = Encyclopedia of Entomology
| publisher = Springer
| isbn = 978-1402062421
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- {{Cite book
| last1 = Gillott
| first1 = Cedric
| date = 1980
| title = Entomology
| publisher = Plenum Press
| isbn = 0-306-40366-8
| url-access = registration
| url = https://archive.org/details/entomology0000gill
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- {{Cite book
| author = Donald J. Borror
| author2 = Roger Tory Peterson
| author3 = Richard E. White
| date = 1998
| title = A Field Guide to Insects
| publisher = Houghton Mifflin
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- {{Cite book
| last1 = Blatchley | first1 = W.S.
| date = 1910
| title = An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana
| publisher = Nature Pub.
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- {{Cite book
| last1 = Papp | first1 = Charles S.
| date = 1984
| title = Introduction to North American Beetles
| publisher = Entomography Pubns
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- {{Cite book
| last1 = White | first1 = Richard E.
| date = 1983
| title = Peterson Field Guides: Beetles
| publisher = Houghton Mifflin
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