''Lathropus'' is a genus of
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...
s in 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 ...
. It has been the subject of recent taxonomic study.
[Thomas, M. C. 2010. A review of ''Lathropus'' Erichson (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae) in Florida and the West Indies, excluding the Lesser Antilles. Insecta Mundi 0120: 1-21.] ''Lathropus'' species are minute (<2mm) flattened beetles with short, clubbed antennae, closed mesocoxal cavities, extremely dense surface sculpture, and dorsal pubescence composed of bifurcate setae.
Currently recognized valid species are:
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Lathropus chickcharnie
''Lathropus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Laemophloeidae. It has been the subject of recent taxonomic study. Thomas, M. C. 2010. A review of ''Lathropus'' Erichson (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae) in Florida and the West Indies, excluding the ...
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Thomas
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Lathropus jamaicensis
''Lathropus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Laemophloeidae. It has been the subject of recent taxonomic study. Thomas, M. C. 2010. A review of ''Lathropus'' Erichson (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae) in Florida and the West Indies, excluding the ...
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Thomas
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Lathropus minimus
''Lathropus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Laemophloeidae. It has been the subject of recent taxonomic study. Thomas, M. C. 2010. A review of ''Lathropus'' Erichson (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae) in Florida and the West Indies, excluding the ...
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Champion
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Lathropus parvulus''
Grouvelle
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Lathropus pictus
''Lathropus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Laemophloeidae. It has been the subject of recent taxonomic study. Thomas, M. C. 2010. A review of ''Lathropus'' Erichson (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae) in Florida and the West Indies, excluding the ...
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Schwarz
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Lathropus pubescens''
Casey
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Lathropus rhabdophloeoides''
Thomas
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Lathropus robustulus''
Casey
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Lathropus sepicola''
(Müller in Germar)
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Lathropus striatus''
Casey, 1916
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Lathropus vernalis''
Casey
All but one of the known species of ''Lathropus'' are indigenous to the New World. The one exception, ''L. sepicola'', is found in Europe. Adults and larvae are associated with dead trees and feed on fungi.
[Uliana, M. 2003. ''Lathropus sepicola'' (Ph. W. Müller, 1821): osservazioni bio-etologiche e descrizione degli stadi preimmaginali (Coleoptera Cucujidae Laemophloeinae). Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Venezia 54: 71-85.]
References
Laemophloeidae
Cucujoidea genera
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