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Genus Dienerella

Dienerella sp. - Dienerella filum Dienerella sp. - Dienerella filum Little brown beetle - Dienerella pilifera Little brown beetle - Dienerella pilifera Please help to ID - Dienerella argus Dienerella costulata (Reitter) - Dienerella costulata Beetle 3 - Dienerella filum Dienerella intermedia? - Dienerella intermedia
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)