''Laemophloeus'' is a genus of

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s; it is the type genus of the family

Laemophloeidae Laemophloeidae, lined flat bark beetles, is a beetle family in the superfamily Cucujoidea characterized by predominantly dorso-ventrally compressed bodies, head and pronotal discs bordered by ridges or grooves, and inverted male genitalia. Size r ...

. The genus has been almost completely reviewed in modern times. Following Lefkovitch, by recognizing only those species congeneric with the type species, ''Laemophloeus monilis'' (Fabricius), as valid members of the genus, this reduces the size of the genus from more than a hundred species to only 28, as follows (with their distribution): * ''Laemophloeus apache'' (Thomas) orth America* '' Laemophloeus biguttatus'' (Say) orth America* ''Laemophloeus buenavista'' (Thomas) exico, Central and South America* ''Laemophloeus capitisculptus'' (Thomas) outh America* ''Laemophloeus concinnus'' (Thomas) entral and South America* ''Laemophloeus corporoflavus'' (Thomas) outh America* ''Laemophloeus dozieri'' (Thomas) outh America* '' Laemophloeus fasciatus'' (Melsheimer) orth America* '' Laemophloeus fervidus'' (Casey) orth America* ''Laemophloeus germaini'' (Grouvelle) entral and South America* ''Laemophloeus incisus'' (Sharp) entral and South America* ''Laemophloeus insulatestudinas'' (Thomas) alapagos* ''Laemophloeus kraussi'' (Ganglbauer) urope* ''Laemophloeus lecontei'' (Grouvelle) orth, Central, and South America, West Indies* ''Laemophloeus macrognathus'' (Reitter) entral and South America* ''Laemophloeus mathani'' (Grouvelle) outh America* '' Laemophloeus megacephalus'' (Grouvelle) orth, Central, and South America, West Indies* ''Laemophloeus monilis'' (Fabricius) urope, North Africa, Asia* ''Laemophloeus muticus'' (Fabricius) urope, Asia* ''Laemophloeus nigricollis'' (Lucas) urope, North Africa* ''Laemophloeus planaclavatus'' (Thomas) outh America* ''Laemophloeus ribbei'' (Reitter)

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* ''Laemophloeus sexarticulatus'' (Kessel) exico, Central and South America* '' Laemophloeus shastanus'' (Casey) orth America* ''Laemophloeus souzalimai'' Bento outh America * ''Laemophloeus submonilis'' (Reitter) apan, Siberia* ''Laemophloeus suturalis'' (Reitter) orth, Central and South America* ''Laemophloeus taurus'' (Thomas) exico, South America* '' Laemophloeus terminalis'' (Casey) orth America Those species still listed as ''Laemophloeus'' in published or online lists (e.g. Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog) should be listed as ''Laemophloeus'' (sens. lat.). Like most members of the Laemophloeidae, ''Laemophloeus'' species are found under the bark of dead trees, where they appear to feed primarily on fungi, especially

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. They range in size from moderate to large for the family (2–4 mm in length). The members of the genus occur throughout the

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and

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realms, but extend south into the tropics in the

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, where five other closely related genera are found.

References

{{Authority control Laemophloeidae Cucujoidea genera Taxa named by Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean