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Latridiidae - The Bugsite

Your current chain: State of matter Life > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Subclass Pterygota > Order Coleoptera > Suborder Polyphaga > Infraorder Cucujiformia > Superfamily Coccinelloidea > Family Latridiidae

(From Wikipedia) Latridiidae is a family of tiny, little-known beetles commonly called minute brown scavenger beetles or fungus beetles.

FACT: These beetles are obligate feeders on fungal spores and hyphae, meaning that they tend to starve in drier climates!

Currently discovered: 1/2 Subfamilies, 0/2 Genera

Subfamily

  1. Corticariinae