Litargus
Genus of beetles
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Litargus balteatus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
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]
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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
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.
External links
Media related to Litargus at Wikimedia Commons
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