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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Round Fungus Beetles (Leiodidae) » Leiodinae » Leiodini » Leiodes

Genus Leiodes

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Works Cited
Round Fungus Beetle - Leiodes appalachiana - male Round Fungus Beetle in California - Leiodes beetle - Leiodes Leiodidae, dorsal - Leiodes Leiodes assimilis (LeConte) - Leiodes assimilis beetle - Leiodes Leiodidae - Leiodes Leiodes sp. - Leiodes - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Staphylinoidea
Family Leiodidae (Round Fungus Beetles)
Subfamily Leiodinae
Tribe Leiodini
Genus Leiodes
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Liodes
Explanation of Names
Leiodes Latreille 1797
Numbers
>70 spp. in our area(1), >260 spp. total(2)
Size
2‒5 mm
Identification
Dorsal surface glabrous, with fine striation on elytra, very fine punctures on dorsal surface. Colour: pale red to light brown, rarely obscured. All tibiae with strong spines.
Discrimination from related genera (representatives of which are in the lower size range) needs observation of delicate character of underside, tarsi, etc.
Range
much of the world; absent from Australasia & temperate S. America(3)
Habitat
subterranean habits; may occur in every type of habitat, excluding swamps.
Food
subterranean fungi
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.Catalogue of Life
3.Newton A.F., Thayer M.K. Catalog of higher taxa of Staphyliniformia and genera and subgenera of Staphylinoidea [online]
Contributed by Boris Büche on 2 April, 2007 - 5:14am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 8 December, 2023 - 10:53pm

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