bite—these Strongylium can run a lot faster

than one would expect from the usually

sedate Tenebrionidae. Others mimic

Erotylidae, the pleasing fungus beetles,

which can often be distasteful or even toxic.

Even those stenochiines which are probably

not mimics can strongly resemble and be

confused with other beetle families, such

as Chrysomelidae or Coccinellidae

above | Cuphotes erichsoni This South American

beetle mimics the unpalatable fungus beetle Gibbifer

(Erotylidae) which occurs in the same environment.

right | Strongylium This Singaporean beetle

has two projections on its thorax that resemble

the eyes of a fast-running predatory tiger beetle

(Carabidae: Cicindelinae).