Xenoscelinae

Xenoscelinae is a subfamily of the pleasing fungus beetles (family Erotylidae). They have been recorded from almost all over the world, but most genera are small or monotypic; also, circumscription of this subfamily heavily varies among authors.

Some define the subfamily more widely, downranking the Cryptophilinae (including Empocryptinae and Toraminae), Loberinae and Pharaxonothinae (including Setariolinae) to tribes of subfamily Xenoscelinae, in which case the core xenoscelines also become a tribe Xenoscelini. Earlier, all these taxa were usually considered to be more closely related to the lizard beetles than to the "typical" pleasing fungus beetles of subfamily Erotylinae, and united with the lizard beetles in a distinct family Languriidae. But the "Languriidae" turned out to be paraphyletic with Erotylidae and eventually were merged into it, leading to a re-sorting of subtaxa that is still not defintely resolved as of 2025.