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Latridiidae
Sign in to saveLatridiidae (sometimes spelled "Lathridiidae") is a family of tiny, little-known beetles commonly called minute brown scavenger beetles or fungus beetles. The number of described species currently stands at around 1050 in 29 genera but the number of species is undoubtedly much higher than this and increases each time a new estimate is made.
Species
minute brown scavenger beetles
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderColeoptera
- FamilyLatridiidae
Stephostethus alternans auf rottender Buche Die Moderkäfer (Latridiidae) stellen eine Familie der Käfer dar. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Merkmale 2 Lebensweise 3 Systematik 3.1 Familie Latridiidae 3.1.1 Unterfamilie Corticariinae 3.1.2 Unterfamilie Latridiinae 4 Referenzen 5 Weblinks Merkmale Die Käfer sind mit einer Körpergröße von nur 0,25 bis 3,2 Millimetern sehr klein und leben gut versteckt und sind überall dort zu finden, wo Schimmelpilze und deren Sporen zu finden sind, die ihnen als Nahrung dienen. Deswegen sind die meisten Moderkäfer mycetobiont (von Pilzen abhängig). Lebensweise Die Tiere leben in vielen verschiedenen Bereichen, wie z. B. in Heu- und Strohhaufen, in vertrockneten Pflanzenteilen, in Laub und Mulm von Wäldern, unter Rinde, in Vogelnestern, aber auch in Kellern und Wohnungen z. B. hinter feuchter Tapete. Systematik Sie kommen weltweit mit ca. 1.000 Arten in 29 Gattungen vor, von denen 189 Arten und Unterarten in Europa beheimatet sind.[1] Familie Latridiidae Unterfamilie Corticariinae Corticaria Corticarina Cortinicara Melanophthalma Migneauxia Unterfamilie Latridiinae Adistemia Cartodere Cartodere nodifer Dienerella Hefekäfer (Dienerella filum) Enicmus Latridius M
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5,634
- With media
- 156
- Family
- Latridiidae
- Collections
- INECOL, UAM, UTC
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States
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Latridiidae (sometimes spelled "Lathridiidae") is a family of tiny, little-known beetles commonly called minute brown scavenger beetles or fungus beetles. The number of described species currently stands at around 1050 in 29 genera but the number of species is undoubtedly much higher than this and increases each time a new estimate is made.
==Description== Adult beetles in this family are some shade of brown and between in length. The antennae have eight to eleven segments, the terminal one to three segments forming a club. The elytra are wider than the head and thorax, and are punctured by rows of small pits. The dorsal surface is rough. Most species are unable to fly.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Latridiidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.