Latridiidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Superfamilia: Coccinelloidea

Familia:Latridiidae
Subfamiliae (2): Corticariinae – Latridiinae
Overview of genera

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Name

Latridiidae Erichson, 1842

References
Primary references

ICZN 2011: OPINION 2288 (Case 3517) LATRIDIIDAE Erichson, 1842 (Insecta, Coleoptera): precedence given over CORTICARIIDAE Curtis, 1829, and Corticaria Marsham, 1802: usage conserved by designation of Corticaria ferruginea Marsham, 1802 as the type species. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 68(4): 306–308. abstract

Additional references

Bousquet, Y.; Bouchard, P.; Lord, N.P. 2010: Case 3517. LATRIDIIDAE Erichson, 1842 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed precedence over CORTICARIIDAE Curtis, 1829; and Corticaria Marsham, 1802: proposed conservation of usage by designation of Corticaria ferruginea Marsham, 1802 as the type species. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 67(2): 145–150. Abstract
Hartley, C.S.; McHugh, J.V. 2010: 10.35. Latridiidae Erichson, 184[sic!]. Pp. 481-486 in: Leschen, R.A.B.; Beutel, R.G.; Lawrence, J.F. (volume eds.) Coleoptera, beetles. Volume 2: Morphology and systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim). In: Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of zoology. A natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3110190753 ISBN 9783110190755
Hinton, H.E. 1941: The Lathridiidae of economic importance. Bulletin of entomological research, 32: 191–247. DOI: 10.1017/S000748530001717X
Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Azar, D. 2008. New taxa of beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera) from Lebanese amber with evolutionary and systematic comments. Alavesia 2: 15–46. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Lord, N.P., Hartley, C.S., Lawrence, J.F., McHugh, J.V., Whiting, M.F. & Miller, K.B. 2010. Phylogenetic analysis of the minute brown scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Latridiidae), and recognition of a new beetle family, Akalyptoischiidae, fam. n. (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea). Systematic Entomology 35(4): 753–763. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00532.x Paywall. PDF Reference page.
I.Löbl & A.Smetana (eds). 2007 Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4: Elateroidea, Derodontoidea, Bostrichoidea, Lymexyloidea, Cleroidea and Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark ISBN 87-88757-67-6, p. 635
Reike, H.-P.; Alekseev, V.I.; Bukejs, A. 2013: Dieneremia rueckeri, a new genus and species of minute brown scavenger beetle from Baltic amber, with notes on other fossil Latridiidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea). Zootaxa 3686(3): 381–388. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3686.3.7 Reference page.
Rücker, W. 2005: Typenstudien paläarktischer und australischer Latridiidae (Coleoptera: Latridiidae). Latridiidae 3: 11-17. Reference page.
Shockley, F.W.; Vandenberg, N.J. 2009: Catalogue of the primary types of Cerylonidae, Endomychidae and Latridiidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, with additional notes and clarification of the status of several types. Zootaxa, 2229: 1–64. Abstract & excerpt
Watt, J.C. 1969: Keys to genera and some species of New Zealand Lathridiidae (Coleoptera). New Zealand entomologist, 4(2): 49–67.

Links

Wolfgang Rücker - Latridiidae & Merophysiinae
Checklist Latridiidae & Merophysiinae of the World
Australian Faunal Directory (stub)
Latridiidae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
Atlas of the family Lathridiidae of Russia
Shockley, Floyd W. , Christopher S. Hartley, and Nathan P. Lord. 2009. Latridiidae. Minute brown scavenger beetles. Version 10 September 2009 in The Tree of Life Web Project

Vernacular names
English: minute scavenger beetles, minute brown scavenger beetles
suomi: Närviäiset
日本語: ヒメマキムシ科

Latridiidae (sometimes spelled "Lathridiidae") is a family of tiny, little-known beetles commonly called minute brown scavenger beetles or fungus beetles.[1][2] 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.[3]

Description

Adult beetles in this family are some shade of brown and between 1.2 and 2 mm (0.05 and 0.08 in) 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.[1]

A characteristic separating latridiids from other beetles is that each leg ends in a tarsus with three segments (tarsal formula 3-3-3).[2]

The two subfamilies of latridiids differ from each other in appearance. Latridiinae are glabrous, rarely have erect setae, their dorsal surfaces are often heavily sculptured, and the pronotal side margin is usually smooth. Corticariinae are finely pubescent, usually have recumbent setae, their dorsal surfaces never have heavy sculpture, and the pronotal side margin is usually serrate.[2]
Ecology

These beetles and their larvae are obligate feeders on the hyphae and spores of fungi, moulds and mildews. They occur in damp places where such fungi are found, under bark, in leaf litter, in decaying plant material, in timber stacked outdoors, and in ant and termite nests.[1] They may be present in ripening cereal crops but will not persist in clean, dry stored grain; however damp grain, or grain heavily contaminated by other insects, will support them.[4]

They may infest brewers yeast and contaminate food by introducing mould spores. Species of Dienerella have caused the deterioration of foodstuffs, and hygiene problems in a hospital have been linked to Dienerella filum. They have been shown to consume Ustilago, Arcticum, Polysaccum, Tilletia, Lycoperdon and Trichothecium. They also thrive on mixed cultures of Penicillium, Mucor, Botrytis and Aspergillus.[1]
Genera

Subfamily Latridiinae Erichson 1842
Adistemia Fall 1899
†Archelatrius Kirejtshuk & Azar 2009 Lebanese amber, Barremian
Besuchetia Dajoz 1975
Cartodere Thomson 1859
Dicastria Dajoz 1967
Dienerella Reitter 1911
Enicmus Thomson 1859
Euchionellus Reitter 1908
Eufallia Muttkowski 1910
Eufalloides Hinton 1941
Herfordia Halstead 1967
Latridius Herbst 1793
Lithostygnus Broun 1886
Metophthalmoides Dajoz 1967
Metophthalmus Motschulsky 1850
Mumfordia van Dyke 1935
Nalpaumia Dajoz 1976
Revelieria Perris 1869
Stephostethus LeConte 1878
Thes Semenov Tian-Shansky 1910
Subfamily Corticariinae Curtis 1829
Austrophthalma Dajoz 1966
Bicava Belon 1884
Corticaria Marsham 1802
Corticarina Reitter 1881
†Corticariites Kirejtshuk 2019 Bembridge Marls, United Kingdom, Priabonian
Corticaromus Pal & Ghosh 2007
Cortinicara Johnson 1975
Fuchsina Fall 1899
Melanophthalma Motschulsky 1866
Migneuxia Jacquelin du Val 1859
Paracaria Dajoz 1970
Rethusus Broun 1886
†Succinimontia Zherikhin 1977 Taimyr amber, Russia, Santonian

References

Robinson, William H. (2005). Urban Insects and Arachnids: A Handbook of Urban Entomology. Cambridge University Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-1-139-44347-0.
"Family Latridiidae - Minute Brown Scavenger Beetles". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2022-08-15.
Hagstrum, David; Subramanyam, Bhadriraju (2016). Stored-Product Insect Resource. Elsevier. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-12-810456-9.
Rees, David (2004). Insects of Stored Products. Csiro Publishing. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-643-10263-7.