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Genus Dienerella

Beetle8701 - Dienerella costulata Dienerella sp. - Dienerella filum UnknownBeetle2 - Dienerella Dienerella - Dienerella costulata Dienerella costulata (Reitter) - Dienerella costulata Beetle 3 - Dienerella filum Latridiidae - Metophthalmus? - Dienerella Dienerella  - Dienerella
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Coccinelloidea
No Taxon (Coccinellid group)
Family Latridiidae (Minute Brown Scavenger Beetles)
Subfamily Latridiinae
Genus Dienerella
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Microgramme
Explanation of Names
Dienerella Reitter 1911
Numbers
9 spp. in our area(1), ~40 worldwide(2)
Size
1.1-1.8 mm
Identification
Body elongate and somewhat depressed, pronotum without longitudinal ridges, head well produced in front of eyes. Eyes close to rear margin of head.
Similar spp. in Adistemia & Acalyptoischion
not yet in the guide: D. beloni | (3)