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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Minute Brown Scavenger Beetles (Latridiidae) » Corticariinae » Corticarina

Genus Corticarina

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Minute Brown Scavenger Beetle - Corticarina Tiny brown beetle - Corticarina Tiny brown beetle - Corticarina Tiny brown beetle - Corticarina Latridiidae - Corticarina Erotylidae ? - Corticarina Cryptophagidae? - Corticarina Latridiidae? - Corticarina cavicollis
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 Corticarina
Explanation of Names
Corticarina Reitter 1881
Numbers
second largest latridiid genus, with 19 spp. in our area(1) and almost 140 worldwide(2)
Size
1.2‒1.6 mm
Identification
Most species of this genus have a prebasal, almost round pit on the pronotum, as in Corticaria, and male protibia with a subapical spine. Elytra rather short, well rounded at sides (also applies to Melanophthalma). Conclusively separated from similar genera by strongly asymmetrical male genitalia.
Range
worldwide and across NA
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 29 November, 2006 - 4:32pm
Additional contributions by Boris Bueche, v belov
Last updated 5 May, 2024 - 2:02pm

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