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Iphiclus sedecimmaculatus

Iphiclus sedecimmaculatus


Family: Erotylidae
Order: Coleoptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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Iphiclus sedecimmaculatus is a Neotropical species of pleasing fungus beetle (family Erotylidae) described by Jean Buquet in 1840. It is characterized by sixteen prominent spots. This species occurs in the eastern foothills of the Andes, from Panama through Colombia, Peru and Brazil, to the lowlands of Paraguay.

Two varieties have been named, Iphiclus sedecimmaculatus var. concentratus by Crotch in 1876, and I.s. var. discedens by Kuhnt in 1910. They are nowadays treated as subspecies.

This beetle feeds on polypores (shelf fungi) as larvae and adults, as is typical for Erotylidae. Within its (possibly paraphyletic) genus, I.sedecimmaculatus is placed in the nominate subgenus Iphiclus (Iphiclus), which is possibly more closely related to genus Erotylina than to other lineages traditionally placed in Iphiclus. But I.sedecimmaculatus, like most of its presumed closest relatives, has a brownish pronotum with black spots, rather than the all-black pronotum found in most Erotylina.

Source: Wikipedia, article Iphiclus sedecimmaculatus. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.





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Photography ID: 566761
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Campo Ramón
Misiones
Argentina
02/12/2015
Luis Cesar Tejo
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Photography ID: 460248
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Santa Ana
Misiones
Argentina
02/23/2021
Lucas Rubio
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Photography ID: 246148
  Adult

Campo Ramón
Misiones
Argentina
11/12/2017
Claudio Mendez


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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
145735323/02/2021ArgentinaMisionescerro Santa Ana, Santa AnaLucas Rubio
132262107/12/2020ColombiaCesarCorregimiento la Victoria de San Isidro., Serranía del PerijáJohn Ortega Galvan
69553512/11/2017ArgentinaMisionesChacra Mariposa, Campo RamónClaudio Mendez
195515912/02/2015ArgentinaMisionesChacra Mariposa, Campo RamónLuis Cesar Tejo
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Iphiclus sedecimmaculatus – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 14/09/2026.