Litargus
Litargus balteatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Mycetophagidae
Genus: Litargus
Erichson, 1846

Litargus is a genus of hairy fungus beetles in the family Mycetophagidae. There are at least 20 described species in Litargus.[1][2][3]

Litargus sexpunctatus

Species

These 20 species belong to the genus Litargus:

  • Litargus antennatus Miyatake, 1957
  • Litargus asperulus Casey
  • Litargus balteatus LeConte, 1856 (stored grain fungus beetle)
  • Litargus coloratus Rosenhauer, 1856
  • Litargus connexus (Geoffroy, 1785)
  • Litargus didesmus (Say, 1826)
  • Litargus grandis Schaeffer, 1910
  • Litargus guadalupensis Grouvelle & Raffray, 1908
  • Litargus infulatus LeConte, 1856
  • Litargus lewisi Reitter, 1889
  • Litargus longulus Casey
  • Litargus nebulosus LeConte, 1856
  • Litargus nitidus Brèthes
  • Litargus pallens Casey
  • Litargus pilosus Wollaston, 1857
  • Litargus sexpunctatus (Say, 1826)
  • Litargus sexsignatus Miyatake, 1957
  • Litargus tetraspilotus LeConte, 1856
  • Litargus transversus LeConte, 1856
  • Litargus vestitus Sharp, 1879

References

  1. ↑ "Litargus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ↑ "Litargus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading

  • Parsons, Carl T. (1975). "Revision of Nearctic Mycetophagidae (Coleoptera)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 29 (2): 93–108. JSTOR 3999785.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26090-0.
  • Media related to Litargus at Wikimedia Commons


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