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Range: Kansas and Wyoming to Mexico. Common in southeastern Arizona.
Biology: Adults and larvae feed on a wide variety of wood rotting fungi, hence the family name of Pleasing Fungus Beetle.
Similar Species: Within this genus, only Gibbifer californicus occurs in the United States. Not present in Texas.
Weblinks: Pleasing Fungus Beetles of North America Family Erotylidae - Paul E. Skelley
Photos: BugGuide.net; Amazilla.net
Etymology: Gibbifer californicus (Lacordaire)
gibb (L). Humped
fer (L). Bear, carry
Biography: Jean Théodore Lacordaire (1801 - 1870) was a Belgian entomologist of French extraction - Wikipedia
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M.C. Thomas, P.E. Skelley & J.H. Frank. (editors). 2002. American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. 861 pp.
Branham, M.A. 1993. Scientific Note. A new eastern record for Cypherotylus californicus Lacordaire in the Unites States (Coleoptera: Erotylidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 47(1): 81-82.
Graves, R.C. 1965. Observations on the ecology, behavior and life cycle of the fungus-feeding beetle, Cypherotylus californicus, with a description of the pupa (Coleoptera: Erotylidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 19(4):117-122
Lawrence, J.F. 1991. Erotylidae (Cucujoidea) (Including Dacnidae). Pp. 473-475. In: F.W.Stehr (ed.). Immature Insects, Volume 2. Kendall Hunt Publishing Co., Dubuque, Iowa. xvi + 975.
Peterson, A. 1960. Larvae of Insects: Coleoptera, Diptera, Neuroptera, Siphonaptera, Mecoptera, Trichoptera. Part II. Columbus, Ohio. 416 pp.
White. R.E. 1983. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 368 pp.
24 Aug 2008 © Mike Quinn / mike.quinn@tpwd.state.tx.us / Texas Entomology / Texas Beetle Information