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Genus Corticaria

Minute Brown Scavenger Beetle - Corticaria serrata Cortica*ria? - Corticaria Corticaria Beetle - Corticaria Corticariinae? - Corticaria small toothed - Corticaria Beetle ~2mm - Corticaria Corticariinae - Corticaria
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 Corticariinae
Genus Corticaria
Explanation of Names
Corticaria Marsham 1802
Numbers
the largest genus of the family, with ~40 spp. in our area(1) and >160 worldwide(2)
Size
1.3‒2.8 mm
Identification
pronotum usually with a prebasal round pit; corticariines larger than 1.8 mm and rather elongate elytra are in this genus:
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