Litargus

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: Tenebrionoidea

Familia: Mycetophagidae
Subfamilia: Mycetophaginae
Genus: Litargus
Species: L. adumbratus – L. andrewesi – L. asperulus – L. ater – L. balteatus – L. bellus – L. caucasicus – L. coloratus – L. connexus – L. conradti – L. crassus – L. elegans – L. exiguus – L. gigas – L. grandis – L. guadalupensis – L. heros – L. ingens – L. insidiosus – L. intricatus – L. irregularis – L. japonicus – L. kolbei – L. kyushuensis – L. latus – L. leprieuri – L. lewisi – L. maculatus – L. maculosus – L. marmoratus – L. militaris – L. moerens – L. multiguttatus – L. nebulosus – L. nitidus – L. nobilis – L. quadrisignatus – L. quatromaculatus – L. raffrayi – L. sexnotatus – L. sexpunctatus – L. sexsignatus – L. taprobanoae – L. tetraspilotus – L. t-littera – L. unicolor – L. unifasciatus – L. vestitus – L. weyersi

In synonymy (2): L. infulatus – L. transversus

Check (3): L. antennatus – L. ferrantei – L. pilosus
Name

Litargus Erichson, 1846: Naturgesch. Ins. Dtschl., (Col. 1) 3, 415
Synonymy

Catopius Sharp, 1902

References

I.Löbl & A.Smetana (eds). 2008 Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark
ISBN 87-88757-84-6, p. 51
Parsons, C.T. 1975: Revision of Nearctic Mycetophagidae (Coleoptera). Coleopterists bulletin 29(2): 93–108. JSTOR Reference page.

Litargus is a genus of hairy fungus beetles in the family Mycetophagidae. There are at least 20 described species in Litargus.[1][2][3]
Litargus sexpunctatus

Species

These 20 species belong to the genus Litargus:

Litargus antennatus Miyatake, 1957
Litargus asperulus Casey
Litargus balteatus LeConte, 1856 (stored grain fungus beetle)
Litargus coloratus Rosenhauer, 1856
Litargus connexus (Geoffroy, 1785)
Litargus didesmus (Say, 1826)
Litargus grandis Schaeffer, 1910
Litargus guadalupensis Grouvelle & Raffray, 1908
Litargus infulatus LeConte, 1856
Litargus lewisi Reitter, 1889
Litargus longulus Casey
Litargus nebulosus LeConte, 1856
Litargus nitidus Brèthes
Litargus pallens Casey
Litargus pilosus Wollaston, 1857
Litargus sexpunctatus (Say, 1826)
Litargus sexsignatus Miyatake, 1957
Litargus tetraspilotus LeConte, 1856
Litargus transversus LeConte, 1856
Litargus vestitus Sharp, 1879

References

"Litargus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
"Litargus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

"Litargus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading

Parsons, Carl T. (1975). "Revision of Nearctic Mycetophagidae (Coleoptera)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 29 (2): 93–108. JSTOR 3999785.
Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26090-0.