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.Borror, Donald J. and Richard E. White. A Field Guide to the Insects of America North of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin, Boston: 1970. p. 175
Genera
Languriini unite about 670 species in roughly 60 genera:
Acropteroxys Amyduvea Zia, 1934Leschen, Richard A.B. & Węgrzynowicz, Piotr (1998): Generic catalogue and taxonomic status of Languriidae (Cucujoidea). Ann.Zool. 48(3/4): 221-243. PDF fulltext Anadastus Gorham, 1887 (=Neolanguria, Perilanguria, Stenodastus) Anisoderomorpha Arrow, 1925 Anomalolanguria Villiers, 1943 Apterodastus Arrow, 1925 Basulanguria Sengupta & Mukherjee, 1977 Brasilanguria Martins & Perreira, 1965 Caenolanguria Gorham, 1887 (=Acrolanguria, Coenolanguria (lapsus), Caenoelanguria (lapsus), Gurilana) Callilanguria Crotch, 1876 Camptocarpus Gorham, 1887 Celolanguria Arrow, 1925 Chromauges Gorham, 1887 Cladoxena Motschulsky, 1866 Clerolanguria Villiers, 1943 Compsolanguria Fowler, 1886 Congodastus Villiers, 1961 Crotchia Fowler, 1886 (=Croatchia (lapsus), "Cladophila" (nomen nudum), Deerratus) Dasydactylus Doubledaya White, 1850 (=Coptolanguria, Cosmolanguria, Glyphilanguria, Languriosoma) Ectrapezidera Fowler, 1909 Epilanguria Fowler, 1908 (=Leptolanguria) Fatua Crotch, 1876 (=Macromelea) Ganluria Heller, 1918 Goniolanguria Crotch, 1875 (="Goniocephala", nomen nudum) Idiolanguria Arrow, 1925 Ischnolanguria Kraatz, 1900 (=Ischonolanguria (lapsus)) Labidolanguria Fowler, 1908 Languria (=Janessa) Languriomorpha (sometimes in Pachylanguria) Languriophasma Arrow, 1925 (= Languriiphasma (lapsus)) Langurites Leucohimatium Rosenhauer, 1856 (= Leucohivatium (lapsus)) Ligurana Chûjô, 1974 Malleolanguria Martins & Perreira, 1965 Megalanguria Arrow, 1925 Meristobelus Gorham, 1887 Microlanguria Lewis, 1884 (=Microcladoxena, Platycladoxena) Neanadastus Zia, 1959 Neocladoxena Maeda, 1974 Neoloberolus Leschen, 2003 Nomotus Gorham, 1887 Ortholanguria Crotch, 1875 (=Ortholanguroides) Oxylanguria Crotch, 1876 Pachylanguria Crotch, 1876 Paederolanguria Mader, 1939 (=Sinolanguria) Paracladoxena Fowler, 1886 (=Parachladoxena (lapsus)) Paulianus Villiers, 1943 Penolanguria Kolbe, 1897 Pentelanguria Crotch, 1876 (=Pentalanguria (lapsus)) Promecolanguria Fowler, 1885 (=Barbaropus) Serralanguria Huang, 2025 Slipinskiella Leschen & Węgrzynowicz, 1998 (=Promecolanguria auct. nec Fowler, 1885: preoccupied) Stenolanguria Fowler, 1885 Teretilanguria Crotch, 1875 Tetraphala Sturm, 1843 (=Metabellus (lapsus), Metabelus, Tetralanguria, Tetralanguroides) Tomolanguria Huang, 2020 Trapezidera Motschulsky, 1860 Trapezidistes Fowler, 1887 (=Chirolanguria, Lacertobelus)
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