Eupsilobiidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily

Coccinelloidea Coccinelloidea is a superfamily of beetles in the order Coleoptera, formerly included in the superfamily Cucujoidea. There are more than 10,000 species in Coccinelloidea, including more than 6000 in the lady beetle family Coccinellidae. Morphol ...

, formerly included within the family

Endomychidae Endomychidae, or handsome fungus beetles, is a family of beetles with representatives found in all biogeographic realms. There are around 120 genera and 1300 species. The family was established based on the type genus '' Endomychus'', a genus ere ...

. Most genera are restricted to the

Neotropics The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropics, tropical Ecoregion#Terrestrial, terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperat ...

, while the genus ''

Eidoreus ''Eidoreus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Eupsilobiidae Eupsilobiidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Coccinelloidea, formerly included within the family Endomychidae. Most genera are restricted to the Neotropics, while the ge ...

'' is found worldwide. They are

fungivore Fungivory or mycophagy is the process of organisms consuming fungi. Many different organisms have been recorded to gain their energy from consuming fungi, including birds, mammals, insects, plants, amoebas, gastropods, nematodes, bacteria and othe ...

s, and have been observed living commensally in bee and ant nests.

Genera

* '' Cerasommatidia'' Brèthes, 1925 * '' Chileolobius'' Pakaluk & Ślipiński, 1990 * ''

'' Sharp, 1885 * '' Evolocera'' Sharp, 1902 * '' Ibicarella'' Pakaluk & Ślipiński, 1990 * '' Microxenus'' Wollaston, 1861 – South Africa * '' Natalinus'' Tomaszewska, 2011 – South Africa

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