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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Minute Brown Scavenger Beetles (Latridiidae) » Corticariinae » Corticaria

Genus Corticaria

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Works Cited
sawtoothed - Corticaria Minute Brown Scavenger Beetle - Corticaria serrata Minute Brown Scavenger Beetle - Corticaria varicolor - male Unknown beetle - Corticaria Tiny Beetle - Corticaria serrata Latridiidae, dorsal - Corticaria Beetle - Corticaria Enicmus? - Corticaria
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Coccinelloidea
No Taxon (Coccinellid group)
Family Latridiidae (Minute Brown Scavenger Beetles)
Subfamily Corticariinae
Genus Corticaria
Explanation of Names
Corticaria Marsham 1802
Numbers
the largest genus of the family, with 39 spp. in our area(1) and >160 worldwide(2)
Size
1.3-2.8 mm
Identification
Seperation of the genera of Corticariinae by dorsal and external characters only is problematic. Most species of the genus have a prebasal, almost round pit on the pronotum. If a species is above 1.8 mm, it is a Corticaria if its elytra are rather elongate:
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.Rücker W.H. (1998-2014) Latridiidae & Merophysiinae
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 4 June, 2006 - 1:16pm
Additional contributions by Charlene Wood, Boris Bueche, v belov
Last updated 24 May, 2012 - 7:25pm

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