Litargus
| Litargus | |
|---|---|
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| Litargus balteatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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]
Litargus sexpunctatus
Species[]
These 20 species belong to the genus Litargus:
- Miyatake, 1957
- Casey
- Litargus balteatus LeConte, 1856 (stored grain fungus beetle)
- Rosenhauer, 1856
- Litargus connexus (Geoffroy, 1785)
- Litargus didesmus (Say, 1826)
- Litargus grandis Schaeffer, 1910
- Grouvelle & Raffray, 1908
- LeConte, 1856
- Reitter, 1889
- Casey
- LeConte, 1856
- Brèthes
- Casey
- Wollaston, 1857
- Litargus sexpunctatus (Say, 1826)
- Miyatake, 1957
- Litargus tetraspilotus LeConte, 1856
- LeConte, 1856
- Sharp, 1879
References[]
- ^ "Litargus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Litargus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Litargus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
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
Categories:
- Tenebrionoidea
- Tenebrionoidea stubs