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Genus Stephostethus

Latridid 3 - Stephostethus Latridiidae, head & pronotum - Stephostethus liratus Unknown - Stephostethus Stephostethus ? - Stephostethus Beetle - Stephostethus liratus SBBG-SCL-TIC_001282 - Stephostethus Latridiidae - Stephostethus Latridiinae, swept from low-lying redwood forest - Stephostethus
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 Stephostethus
Explanation of Names
Stephostethus LeConte 1878
Numbers
9 spp. in our area(1), 37 worldwide(2)
Size
2-3 mm, contains largest species of the family
Identification
Body moderately elongate, elytra rounded laterally and with uneven interstriae often ridge-like, pronotum with two longitudinal ridges, laterally sinuate to constricted. Head sharply angulate behind eyes (diagnostic vs. similar genera Thes, Aridius, Latridius)
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 10 March, 2007 - 6:32pm
Additional contributions by Boris Bueche, v belov
Last updated 24 May, 2012 - 7:23pm

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