| Languriini | |
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| Doubledaya ustulata in Mae On District, Thailand | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Erotylidae |
| Subfamily: | Languriinae |
| Tribe: | Languriini Hope, 1840 ["1841"] |
| Synonyms | |
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Cladoxenini Arrow, 1925 | |
Languriini is a tribe of pleasing fungus beetles (family Erotylidae) commonly known as the lizard beetles. They belong to subfamily Languriinae, formerly a distinct family (in which case the Languriini were up-ranked to subfamily and named Languriinae); sometimes the Languriinae are entirely merged into subfamily Erotylinae. The name Languriini was mistakenly attributed to George Robert Crotch for some time before the early 21st century.
Lizard beetles are a mostly tropical group; while they are very common in temperate North America east of the Rocky Mountains, with less than 20 species in a mere handful of genera they are not particularly diverse there. Adults are generally narrow, parallel-sided or somewhat tapering towards the elytra tips, and often metallic and/or with a red thorax. Unlike other Erotylidae, they are commonly found on leaves or flowers, and their larvae bore into plant stems instead of eating fungi like most of their relatives.
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