Litargus

Litargus
Litargus balteatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
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:

• Litargus antennatus Miyatake, 1957
• Litargus asperulus Casey
• Litargus balteatus LeConte, 1856 (stored grain fungus beetle)
• Litargus coloratus Rosenhauer, 1856
• Litargus connexus (Geoffroy, 1785)
• Litargus didesmus (Say, 1826)
• Litargus grandis Schaeffer, 1910
• Litargus guadalupensis Grouvelle & Raffray, 1908
• Litargus infulatus LeConte, 1856
• Litargus lewisi Reitter, 1889
• Litargus longulus Casey
• Litargus nebulosus LeConte, 1856
• Litargus nitidus Brèthes
• Litargus pallens Casey
• Litargus pilosus Wollaston, 1857
• Litargus sexpunctatus (Say, 1826)
• Litargus sexsignatus Miyatake, 1957
• Litargus tetraspilotus LeConte, 1856
• Litargus transversus LeConte, 1856
• Litargus vestitus Sharp, 1879

References

1. "Litargus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Litargus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "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

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