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Megischyrus
Megischyrus is a sizeable Neotropical genus of pleasing fungus beetles (family Erotylidae), containing about 3 dozen described species. It is placed in subfamily Tritominae, or – in taxonomic arrangements that prefer a more comprehensive subfamily Erotylinae – in tribe Tritomini of the Erotylinae. The adults are usually oval from above, robust, with distinctly clubbed antennae, and often with boldly patterned elytra reminiscent of the carrion beetles (which are not particularly closely related).
34 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Megischyrus brasiliensis
speciesMegischyrus brasiliensis
Megischyrus chevrolati
speciesMegischyrus chevrolati
Megischyrus zonalis
speciesMegischyrus zonalis
Megischyrus semipunctatus
speciesMegischyrus semipunctatus
Megischyrus panamanus
speciesMegischyrus panamanus
Megischyrus mexicanus
speciesMegischyrus mexicanus
Megischyrus sanguinolentus
speciesMegischyrus sanguinolentus
Megischyrus semitinctus
speciesMegischyrus semitinctus
Megischyrus undatus
speciesMegischyrus undatus
Megischyrus bellicosus
speciesMegischyrus bellicosus
Megischyrus discipennis
speciesMegischyrus discipennis
Megischyrus nicaraguae
speciesMegischyrus nicaraguae
Megischyrus octostriatus
speciesMegischyrus octostriatus
Megischyrus guatemalae
speciesMegischyrus guatemalae
Megischyrus ohausi
speciesMegischyrus ohausi
Megischyrus knochi
speciesMegischyrus knochi
Megischyrus angustatus
speciesMegischyrus angustatus
Megischyrus bartleti
speciesMegischyrus bartleti
Megischyrus bifasciatus
speciesMegischyrus bifasciatus
Megischyrus catenatus
speciesMegischyrus catenatus
Megischyrus catenulatus
speciesMegischyrus catenulatus
Megischyrus circumscriptus
speciesMegischyrus circumscriptus
Megischyrus columbianus
speciesMegischyrus columbianus
Megischyrus connexus
speciesMegischyrus connexus
Megischyrus decempunctatus
speciesMegischyrus decempunctatus
Megischyrus elongatus
speciesMegischyrus elongatus
Megischyrus jurinei
speciesMegischyrus jurinei
Megischyrus laetus
speciesMegischyrus laetus
Megischyrus lineatus
speciesMegischyrus lineatus
Megischyrus mesomelas
speciesMegischyrus mesomelas
Megischyrus pictipennis
speciesMegischyrus pictipennis
Megischyrus planior
speciesMegischyrus planior
Megischyrus scaphinotus
speciesMegischyrus scaphinotus
Megischyrus sicarius
speciesMegischyrus sicarius
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 251118.