Eupsilobiidae

Eidoreus politus (holotype)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coccinelloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Superfamilia: Coccinelloidea

Familia: Eupsilobiidae
Genera: Chileolobius – Eidoreus – Evolocera – Microxenus – Natalinus

Name

Eupsilobiidae Casey, 1895

Type genus: Eupsilobius Casey, 1895 [= Eidoreus Sharp, 1885].

Synonymy

• Eupsilobiini Casey, 1895: 452
  • Eupsilobiinae
  • Eupsilobiidae: Robertson et al., 2015 (stat.n.)
• Eidoreinae Sasaji, 1986: 235

References

Primary references

• Casey, T.L. 1895. Coleopterological notices. VI. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 8: 435–846. BHL
• Robertson, J.A., Ślipiński, A., Moulton, M., Shockley, F.W., Giorgi, J.A., Lord, N.P., McKenna, D.D., Tomaszewska, W., Forrester, J., Miller, K.B., Whiting, M.F. & McHugh, J.V. 2015. Phylogeny and classification of Cucujoidea and the recognition of a new superfamily Coccinelloidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia). Systematic Entomology 40(4): 745–778. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12138 . ResearchGate . Reference page.  [elevated to family status]

Additional references

• Arriaga-Varela, E., Tomaszewska, W., Szawaryn, K., Robertson, J.A., Seidel, M., Ślipiński, A. & Fikáček, M. 2022. The resurrection of Cerasommatidiidae, an enigmatic group of coccinelloid beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea) based on molecular and morphological evidence. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 197(4): 1078–1115. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac082 . [Correction: 2023. zlad012. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad012 .] Reference page. 
• Tomaszewska, W. 2011. On African Eupsilobiinae (Coleoptera: Endomychidae) with descriptions of a new genus and species. Journal of Insect Science 11(1): 166. DOI: 10.1673/031.011.16601 .