Cyrtomorphus is a genus of pleasing fungus beetles (insects in the family Erotylidae). Species are found in Far East Asia, from Taiwan and southern China to the Sunda Shelf. There is also a record from eastern AfricaDelkeskamp, Kurt (1965): Die afrikanischen Arten der Triplacini (mit 1. Nachtrag für die afrikanischen Tritomini) (Col. Erotylidae). 34. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Erotyliden. ["The African species of Triplacini (with 1st addendum for African Tritomini). 34th contribution to the knowledge of erotylids." Article in German.] Dt. entomol. Z. N.F. 12(1/2): 83-177. and another from PozuzoAlvarenga, Moacyr (1994): Catálogo dos Erotylidae (Coleoptera) Neotropicais. [Catalogue of Neotropical Erotylidae (Coleoptera). Portuguese with English abstract.] Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 11(1): 1-175. . in Peru, which are suspect on biogeographical grounds, because pleasing fungus beetle genera are usually restricted to a single coherent landmass. These small and roundish beetles strikingly resemble ladybeetles even more than numerous other pleasing fungus beetles do. This genus is placed in subfamily Tritominae, or – in taxonomic arrangements that prefer a more comprehensive subfamily Erotylinae – in tribe Tritomini of the Erotylinae.Chûjô, Michio, Michio & Chûjô, Michitaka (1990): A catalog of the Erotylidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) from the old world (excl. the Ethiopian region III. Esakia 29: 1-67. PDF fulltext.
Species
Cyrtomorphus albiclava Arrow, 1926 Cyrtomorphus angustior Crotch, 1876 (= C.histeroides) Cyrtomorphus bengalensis (Guérin-Méneville, 1841) Cyrtomorphus chinensis Mader, 1955 Cyrtomorphus circulus Kuhnt, 1910 Cyrtomorphus clypeoniger Delkeskamp, 1965 (tentatively placed here) Cyrtomorphus connexus Gorham, 1896 Cyrtomorphus corallipennis Gorham, 1896 Cyrtomorphus craticularis Gorham, 1896 Cyrtomorphus curtus Gorham, 1896 Cyrtomorphus divisus Arrow, 1926 Cyrtomorphus duodecimmaculatus Araki, 1941 Cyrtomorphus dux Arrow, 1925 Cyrtomorphus duxoides Mader, 1955 Cyrtomorphus elegans Arrow, 1925 Cyrtomorphus helleri Deelder, 1942 Cyrtomorphus inversus Crotch, 1876 Cyrtomorphus jucundus Arrow, 1926 Cyrtomorphus laetus Deelder, 1942 Cyrtomorphus liui Chûjô, 1967 Cyrtomorphus mimicus Arrow, 1926 Cyrtomorphus minimus Kuhnt, 1910 Cyrtomorphus moultoni Kuhnt, 1910 Cyrtomorphus nigripes Arrow, 1925 (= C.curtus Arrow, 1921 nec Gorham, 1896) Cyrtomorphus nitiduloides (Lacordaire, 1842) Cyrtomorphus pantherinus Lacordaire, 1876 Cyrtomorphus pardalinus Gorham, 1896 Cyrtomorphus pusillus Kirsch, 1876 (tentatively placed here) Cyrtomorphus rufobrunneus Jia & Li, 2019 Cyrtomorphus sexmaculatus Kuhnt, 1910 Cyrtomorphus spenceri Chûjô, 1968 Cyrtomorphus tonkineus Arrow, 1928 Cyrtomorphus vethi Deelder, 1942 Cyrtomorphus vietnamensis Chûjô, 1968 Cyrtomorphus wallacei Crotch, 1876 Cyrtomorphus yunnanus Mader, 1937
"C." clavulus is now in Pseudotritoma, while the supposed "C."quadrimaculatus turned out to be the same species as Spondotriplax endomychoides – the type species of Spondotriplax –, which consequently was renamed S.quadrimaculatus.
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