| Euxestus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Euxestidae |
| Genus: | Euxestus Wollaston, 1858 |
| Synonyms | |
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Neoplotera Belon, 1879 | |
Euxestus is a genus of well-polished beetles (family Euxestidae). They have formerly often been placed in the pleasing fungus beetle family (Erotylidae), or in the Cerylonidae (minute bark beetles), before the Euxestidae were recognized as a family of their own, closely related to the Cerylonidae (but also to the ladybeetle family Coccinellidae), but less closely to Erotylidae.
Species in genus Euxestus include: