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| Genus: | Cartodere C. G. Thomson, 1859 |
Cartodere is a genus of beetles in the family Latridiidae, containing the following species: [1]
Beetles of genus Cartodere have the pronotum margins deeply incised, eyes large with over 70 facets each, elytra with eight or fewer rows of punctate striae, and procoxae separated by a prosternal process. [2]
Cartodere occur in stored food products in houses, grain elevators and feed mills. In the wild, they occur in various habitats including herbaceous vegetation, straw, grass, mouldy bark, hay, wood, moss, compost and animal nests. [2]
Larvae and adults of Cartodere feed on mould in dead organic material. [2]
Cartodere can be found worldwide, i.e. the genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. [3]
Corticaria is a genus of beetles in the family Latridiidae.
Cortinicara is a genus of beetles in the family Latridiidae, containing the following species:
Latridiidae is a family of tiny, little-known beetles commonly called minute brown scavenger beetles or fungus beetles. The number of described species currently stands at around 1050 in 29 genera but the number of species is undoubtedly much higher than this and increases each time a new estimate is made.
Alexiidae is a family of beetles. It contains a single genus, Sphaerosoma, formerly included within the family Cerylonidae, with around 50 species which are native to the western Palearctic. Species of Sphaerosoma are very small, around 1 to 2 mm in length rounded beetles with clubbed antennae. They are fungivores, having been observed feeding on mushrooms, and have also been found in leaf litter and on decaying bark.
Latridiinae is a subfamily of tiny, little-known beetles in the family Latridiidae.
Corticariinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Latridiidae, containing the following genera:
Adistemia is a genus of beetles in the family Latridiidae, containing the following species:
Dienerella is a genus of beetles in the family Latridiidae, containing the following species:
Enicmus is a genus of beetles in the family Latridiidae, the minute brown scavenger beetles.
Eufallia is a genus of beetles in the family Latridiidae, containing the following species:
Metophthalmus is a genus of beetles in the family Latridiidae.
Stephostethus is a genus of beetles in the family Latridiidae.
Bicava is a genus of beetles in the family Latridiidae.
Corticarina is a genus of beetles in the family Latridiidae, containing the following species:
Melanophthalma is a genus of beetles in the family Latridiidae, containing the following species:
Migneauxia is a genus of beetles in the family Latridiidae, containing the following species:
Rethusus is a genus of beetles in the family Latridiidae, containing the following species:
Holoparamecus is a genus of handsome fungus beetles in the family Endomychidae. There are about 17 described species in Holoparamecus.
Merophysiinae is a subfamily of handsome fungus beetles in the family Endomychidae.
Cartodere constricta, the plaster beetle, is a 1.3—2.0 mm long species of minute brown scavenger beetle in the family Latridiidae. Originally from the Palearctic, it now also occurs in the Nearctic. It is found throughout Europe and North Africa, east across Siberia to the Russian Far East, and south to Pakistan, India, China and Japan. It also occurs across southern Canada and throughout the USA. It is a mold feeder often found in: stored products such as grains and dry fruit, houses, feed mills, grain elevators, manure heaps and plant detritus. To get rid of this species, the key is drying out the problem area enough to stop mold growth; in general, reduce RH below 20%.