Species Latridius minutus - Squarenosed Fungus Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

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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 Latridius

Species minutus (Squarenosed Fungus Beetle)

Explanation of Names

Latridius minutus (Linnaeus 1767)

Size

1.2-2.4 mm(1)

Range

native to Palaearctic, adventive in the New World; in our area, across so. Canada and the US (NF-AK to MD-LA-TX & CO-CA)(2)(3)

Habitat

the most common latridiid associated with stored products (incl. grains); especially frequent in putrid, mouldy vegetables and decaying hay/grass; in buildings, Hymenoptera nests, bird nests, manure heaps, decomposing fungi, wood stacks, on various mouldy objects; native habitats (e.g., coniferous forests); has been reared from dead conifer wood(3)

Food

filamentous fungi(3)

Remarks

earliest NA record: NF 1620(3)

Internet References

Fact sheets: McCaffrey (2013)(1) | anon. (2013)(4) | |

Works Cited

1.	PaDIL – High quality images and information tools designed for Biosecurity and Biodiversity

2.	Beetles associated with stored products in Canada: An identification guide Bousquet Y. 1990. Research Branch Agriculture Canada, Publication 1837.

3.	Latridiidae (Coleoptera) of Atlantic Canada: New records, keys to identification, new synonyms, distribution, and zoogeography Majka C.G., Langor D., Rücker W.H. 2009. The Canadian Entomologist 141: 317‒370.

4.	Canadian Grain Commission: insect pests of stored grain

Contributed by Brad Barnd on 12 January, 2008 - 9:17pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 2 March, 2014 - 4:32pm

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