Languriini

Languriini is a tribe of beetles, known as lizard beetles, in the family Erotylidae, subfamily Languriinae. Lizard beetles are commonly found on leaves or flowers, and their larvae bore into plant stems. Adults are generally long and parallel-sided with a red thorax.^[1] There are about 5 genera and at least 20 described species in Languriini.^[2][3]

Languriini
Acropteroxys gracilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Erotylidae
Subfamily:	Languriinae
Tribe:	Languriini Hope, 1840

ITIS Taxonomic note:

• Authorship corrected to Hope 1840, per Bouchard et al., (2011:357), 'family-group name previously attributed to Crotch (1873c) by Pakaluk et al. (1994) and subsequent authors'.^[2]

Acropteroxys gracilis

Languria mozardi

Genera

These five genera belong to the tribe Languriini:

• Acropteroxys Gorham, 1887 ^{i c g b}
• Dasydactylus Gorham, 1887 ^{i c g b}
• Languria Latreille, 1802 ^{i c g b}
• Langurites Motschulsky, 1860 ^{i c g b}
• Neoloberolus Leschen, 2003 ^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,^[2] c = Catalogue of Life,^[4] g = GBIF,^[5] b = Bugguide.net^[3]