''Lathropus'' is a genus of
beetles in the family
Laemophloeidae
Laemophloeidae, "lined flat bark beetles," is a family in the superfamily Cucujoidea characterized by predominantly dorso-ventrally compressed bodies, head and pronotal discs bordered by ridges or grooves, and inverted male genitalia. Size range ...
. It has been the subject of recent taxonomic study.
[Thomas, M. C. 2010. A review of ''Lathropus'' Erichson (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae) in Florida and the West Indies, excluding the Lesser Antilles. Insecta Mundi 0120: 1-21.] ''Lathropus'' species are minute (<2mm) flattened beetles with short, clubbed antennae, closed mesocoxal cavities, extremely dense surface sculpture, and dorsal pubescence composed of bifurcate setae.
Currently recognized valid species are:
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Lathropus chickcharnie
''Lathropus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Laemophloeidae
Laemophloeidae, "lined flat bark beetles," is a family in the superfamily Cucujoidea characterized by predominantly dorso-ventrally compressed bodies, head and pronotal discs bor ...
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Thomas
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Lathropus jamaicensis
''Lathropus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Laemophloeidae. It has been the subject of recent taxonomic study. Thomas, M. C. 2010. A review of ''Lathropus'' Erichson (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae) in Florida and the West Indies, excluding the ...
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Thomas
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Lathropus minimus''
Champion
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Lathropus parvulus''
Grouvelle
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Lathropus pictus''
Schwarz
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Lathropus pubescens''
Casey
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Lathropus rhabdophloeoides''
Thomas
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Lathropus robustulus''
Casey
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Lathropus sepicola''
(Müller in Germar)
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Lathropus striatus''
Casey, 1916
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Lathropus vernalis''
Casey
All but one of the known species of ''Lathropus'' are indigenous to the New World. The one exception, ''L. sepicola'', is found in Europe. Adults and larvae are associated with dead trees and feed on fungi.
[Uliana, M. 2003. ''Lathropus sepicola'' (Ph. W. Müller, 1821): osservazioni bio-etologiche e descrizione degli stadi preimmaginali (Coleoptera Cucujidae Laemophloeinae). Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Venezia 54: 71-85.]
References
Laemophloeidae
Cucujoidea genera
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