Pallodes

Pallodes is a genus of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} The genus is diverse in the tropics but also includes three North American species.^[6] They are common on fresh mushrooms.^[5][6]

Pallodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Nitidulidae
Subfamily:	Nitidulinae
Genus:	Pallodes Erichson, 1843

Species

As of 2019, there were about 51 recognized species, but it was acknowledged that the genus was in need of a worldwide revision.^[5] Pallodes includes the following three North American species:^[1][2][6]

• Pallodes austrinus Leschen, 1988
• Pallodes pallidus (Beauvois, 1805)
• Pallodes plateosus Schaeffer, 1931