''Catops basilaris'' is a species of small carrion beetle in the family

Leiodidae Leiodidae is a family of beetles with around 3800 described species found worldwide. Members of this family are commonly called round fungus beetles due to the globular shape of many species, although some are more elongated in shape. They are g ...

. It is found in North America.

References

* Majka C, Langor D (2008). "The Leiodidae (Coleoptera) of Atlantic Canada: new records, faunal composition, and zoogeography". ''ZooKeys'' 2: 357–402. * Peck, Stewart B., and Joyce Cook (2002). "Systematics, distributions, and bionomics of the small carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae: Cholevini) of North America". ''The Canadian Entomologist'', vol. 134, no. 6, 723–787. * Salgado, J. M. (1999). "The Leiodidae (Coleoptera) of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. New data and description of two new species". ''The Pan-Pacific Entomologist'', vol. 75, no. 1, 35–47.

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