title: Languriini
text: # 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. There are about 5 genera and at least 20 described species in Languriini.
  
  ITIS Taxonomic note:
  
  ## Genera
  
  These five genera belong to the tribe Languriini:
  
  * Acropteroxys Gorham, $1887^{icgb}$
  * Dasydactylus Gorham, $1887^{icgb}$
  * Languria Latreille, $1802^{icgb}$
  * Langurites Motschulsky, $1860^{icgb}$
  * Neoloberolus Leschen, $2003^{icg}$
  
  Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
  
  