Genus Litargus

Classification · Numbers

4-spotted hairy fungus beetle - Litargus tetraspilotus

Mycetophagidae: Litargus tetraspilotus? - Litargus tetraspilotus

one more litargus image - Litargus tetraspilotus

Litargus balteatus LeConte - Litargus balteatus

beetle from inside gall - Litargus tetraspilotus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Tenebrionoidea (Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles)

Family Mycetophagidae (Hairy Fungus Beetles)

Genus Litargus

Numbers

Six nearctic species according to Nomina Nearctica:

Litargus balteatus LeConte 1856 (Litargus) -- MCZ image, and L. balteatus var. transversus MCZ image

Litargus didesmus Say 1826 (Mycetophagus)

Litargus grandis Schaeffer 1910 (Litargus)-- Known from the Huachuca Mts., Arizona.

Litargus nebulosus LeConte 1856 (Litargus) -- MCZ image

Litargus sexpunctatus Say 1826 (Mycetophagus)

Litargus tetraspilotus LeConte 1856 (Litargus) -- MCZ image

Harvard's MCZ image database includes another species, however, and no current name is listed, suggesting that a species by this name is yet recognized:

Litargus infulatus LeConte 1856 MCZ image

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 29 November, 2005 - 8:52pm
Last updated 14 September, 2008 - 2:20pm

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