Mold beetle

Mold beetle
Latridiidae sp.
Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta) Order : Beetle (Coleoptera) Subordination : Polyphaga Partial order : Cucujiformia Superfamily : Cucujoidea Family : Mold beetle
Scientific name
Latridiidae
Erichson , 1842

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Stephostethus alternans on rotting beech

The mold beetles (Latridiidae) are a family of beetles .

features

With a size of only 0.25 to 3.2 millimeters, the beetles are very small and live well hidden and can be found wherever molds and their spores can be found that serve them as food. That is why most of the mold beetles are mycetobiont (dependent on fungi).

Way of life

The animals live in many different areas, such as: B. in piles of hay and straw, in dried up parts of plants, in leaves and sludge of forests , under bark, in bird nests, but also in cellars and apartments z. B. behind damp wallpaper .

Systematics

They occur worldwide with approx. 1,000 species in 29 genera , of which 189 species and subspecies are native to Europe.

Family Latridiidae

Subfamily Corticariinae

• Corticaria
• Corticarina
• Cortinicara
• Melanophthalma
• Migneauxia

Subfamily Latridiinae

• Adistemia
• Cartodere
  • Cartodere nodifer
• Dienerella
  • Yeast beetle ( Dienerella filum )
• Enicmus
• Latridius
• Metophthalmos
• Revelieria
• Stephostethus
• Thes

credentials

1. ↑ Latridiidae. Fauna Europaea, accessed November 3, 2006 .  

Web links

Commons : Latridiidae  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Latridiidae of the World