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Megaprotus
Iphiclus is a large genus – possibly the most diverse – in the pleasing fungus beetle family (Erotylidae). This genus belongs to subfamily Erotylinae and occurs across the Neotropics. Its almost 300 named species are divided into several subgenera, whose monophyly (and validity), however, remains to be determined. Most of these beetles, as adults as well as larvae, feed on polypores (shelf fungi).
The genus name was established by Louis Chevrolat in 1837. Chevrolat's name was, however, overshadowed by the extensive study of Jean Théodore Lacordaire a few years later, who described most of the currently-known species and introduced the genus name Brachysphoenus. That genus name, or spelling variants thereof, was generally used by subsequent authors – namely in the seminal works on the genus by George Crotch in the mid-1870s, Henry Gorham in the late 1880s, Paul Kuhnt around 1910, Leopold Mader around 1940, and Jacintho Guérin in 1956 –, until Iphiclus was reinstated by Moacyr Alvarenga in the 1960s.
29 branches of this group, most-observed first
Iphiclus signatus
speciesIphiclus signatus
Iphiclus delineatus
speciesIphiclus delineatus
Iphiclus ephippium
speciesIphiclus ephippium
Iphiclus circulus
speciesIphiclus circulus
Iphiclus pulcher
speciesIphiclus pulcher
Iphiclus laetus
speciesIphiclus laetus
Iphiclus duplicatus
speciesIphiclus duplicatus
Iphiclus moniliferus
speciesIphiclus moniliferus
Iphiclus porcellana
speciesIphiclus porcellana
Iphiclus epigraphus
speciesIphiclus epigraphus
Iphiclus argus
speciesIphiclus argus
Iphiclus catillifer
speciesIphiclus catillifer
Iphiclus octolinearis
speciesIphiclus octolinearis
Iphiclus nubilus
speciesIphiclus nubilus
Iphiclus luctuosus
speciesIphiclus luctuosus
Iphiclus duodecimpustulatus
speciesIphiclus duodecimpustulatus
Iphiclus sedecimpunctatus
speciesIphiclus sedecimpunctatus
Iphiclus obliteratus
speciesIphiclus obliteratus
Iphiclus cinctellus
speciesIphiclus cinctellus
Iphiclus fasciunculus
speciesIphiclus fasciunculus
Iphiclus decussatus
speciesIphiclus decussatus
Iphiclus orphanulus
speciesIphiclus orphanulus
Iphiclus fasciellus
speciesIphiclus fasciellus
Iphiclus nuculus
speciesIphiclus nuculus
Iphiclus zonulus
speciesIphiclus zonulus
Iphiclus luteoniger
speciesIphiclus luteoniger
Iphiclus coadunatus
speciesIphiclus coadunatus
Iphiclus masculinus
speciesIphiclus masculinus
Iphiclus luteopictus
speciesIphiclus luteopictus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1081087.