Entoxylon

Entoxylon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea
Family: Mycetophagidae
Genus: Entoxylon
Ancey, 1869[1]
Synonyms
  • Atritomus Reitter, 1877

Entoxylon is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Mycetophagidae.

Species

  • Entoxylon abeillei (Ancey, 1869)
  • Entoxylon baudii Seidlitz, 1889
  • Entoxylon besucheti Dajoz, 1964
  • Entoxylon franzi Dajoz, 1964
  • Entoxylon inexpectatus Dajoz, 1964
  • Entoxylon martini Reitter, 1887

Taxonomy

Entoxylon was treated as a synonym of Esarcus, but strongly differs from this genus, mainly in having the anterior edge of the pronotum straight, with the anterolateral angles blunt, never protruding forward, the scutellar shield visible, not concealed under the posterior margin of the pronotum, the elytral interstria, if present, flat (always present, convex, in Esarcus), pterothorax and abdomen lacking setose cavities, and other, less evident characters.[2]

References

  1. ^ World Catalogue of Mycetophagidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea)
  2. ^ Biscaccianti, Alessandro B.; Esser, Jens; Cuoco, Silvio (2022-07-08). "West Palaearctic taxa formerly connected to the 'old' genus Atritomus Reitter, 1877 (Coleoptera, Mycetophagidae): taxonomy, distribution, and description of a new genus". European Journal of Taxonomy. 828 (1): 61–74. Retrieved October 7, 2025.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.