Epiphloeinae

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Superfamilia: Cleroidea

Familia:Cleridae
Subfamilia: Epiphloeinae
Genera: Acanthocollum – Amboakis – Decaphloeus – Decorosa – Diapromeces – Ellipotoma – Epiphloeus – Hapsidopteris – Ichnea – Iontoclerus – Katamyurus – Madoniella – Megaphloeus – Megatrachys – Neichnea – Opitzia – Opitzius – Parvochaetus – Pennasolis – Pericales – Phlogistosternus – Pilosirus – Plocamocera – Pteroferus – Pyticeroides – Silveirasia – Stegnoclava – Turbophloeus
Name

Epiphloeinae Gistel, 1856
Synonyms

Ichneinae Spinola, 1841

References

Nemésio, A. 2006: Two homonymies in Epiphloeinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae): new generic names for Arenaria Opitz and Chaetophloeus Opitz. Lundiana, 7(1): 77. PDF
Opitz, W. 1997: Classification, natural history, and evolution of the Epiphloeinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae). Part I. The genera of Epiphloeinae. Insecta Mundi, 11(1): 51–96. [1]
Opitz, W. 2004: Classification, natural history and evolution of the Epiphloeinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae). Part II. The genera Chaetophloeus Opitz and Plocamocera Spinola. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 280: 1–82. [2]
Opitz, W. 2006: Classification, natural history, and evolution of the Epiphloeinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae). Part III. The genera Parvochaetus, n. gen., Amboakis, n. gen., and Ellipotoma Spinola. Insecta Mundi, 20(3-4): 97–163. [3]
Opitz, W. 2007: Classification, natural history, and evolution of Epiphloeinae (Coleoptera, Cleridae). Part IV. The genera Pyticeroides Kuwert, 1894 and Diapromeces Opitz, 1997. Entomologica Basiliensia et Collectionis Frey, 29: 77–166.
Opitz, W. 2008: Classification, natural history, and evolution of Epiphloeinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae). Part V. Decorosa Opitz, a new genus of checkered beetles from Hispaniola with description of its four new species. American Museum Novitates, 3628: 1–19. [4]
Opitz, W. 2008: Classification, natural history, and evolution of Epiphloeinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae). Part VI. The genera Epiphlaeus Spinola and Opitzius Barr. Annales zoologici, 58: 1–34. ISSN: 0003-4541 DOI: 10.3161/067.058.0101
Opitz, W. 2008: Classification, natural history, and evolution of Epiphloeinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae). Part VII. The genera Hapsidopteris Opitz, Iontoclerus Opitz, Katamyurus Opitz, Megatrachys Opitz, Opitzia Nemésio, Pennasolis Opitz, new genus, Pericales Opitz, new genus, Pteroferus Opitz, new genus, and Turbophloeus Opitz, new genus. Zootaxa, 1754: 1–40. Abstract & excerpt
Opitz, W. 2010: New taxa of Epiphloeinae Kuwert (Cleridae) and Chaetosomatidae Crowson (Coleoptera: Cleroidea). Insecta mundi, (0123): 1–28. PDF
Opitz, W. 2010: Classification, natural history, and evolution of the Epiphloeinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae). Part VIII. The genera Acanthocollum Opitz, Stegnoclava Opitz, and Ichnea Laporte. Coleopterists bulletin, 64(mo4): 1–65. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-64.mo4.1
Opitz, W.; Herman, L. 2009: Epiphloeinae Kuwert, 1893 and Ichneinae Spinola, 1841: two names for the same subfamily of checkered beetles (Coleoptera: Cleridae). Coleopterists bulletin, 63: 183–189.

Epiphloeinae is a subfamily of checkered beetles in the family Cleridae. There are about 5 genera and at least 30 described species in Epiphloeinae.[1][2][3]
Genera

These five genera belong to the subfamily Epiphloeinae:

Corinthiscus Fairmaire & Germain, 1861
Ichnea Laporte, 1836
Madoniella Pic, 1935
Pennasolis Opits, 2008
Pyticeroides Kuwert, 1894

References

"Epiphloeinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
"Epiphloeinae subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.

Further reading

Majka, Christopher G. (2006). "The checkered beetles (Coleoptera: Cleridae) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada". Zootaxa. 1385 (1): 31–46. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1385.1.2.
Mawdsley, Jonathan (2002). "Comparative ecology of the genus Lecontella Wolcott and Chapin (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Tillinae), with notes on chemically defended species of the beetle family Cleridae". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 104 (1): 164–167. ISSN 0013-8797.
Opitz, Weston (2002). "Family 73: Cleridae Latreille, 1804". In Arnett, Ross H. Jr.; Thomas, Michael C.; Skelley, Paul E.; Frank, J. Howard (eds.). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 267–280. ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.
LeConte, J. L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 978-0665100550.