Revelieria

As a genus of Latridiidae, Revelieria species likely share family characteristics including small size (usually 1–3 mm), elongate-oval body form, and antennae with a distinct club. The genus can be distinguished from other Latridiidae genera by specific combinations of antennal segment counts, pronotal shape, and elytral sculpturing patterns, though precise diagnostic features require examination of type specimens.

Members of Latridiidae, including Revelieria, are generally associated with moist microhabitats rich in fungal growth, such as decaying vegetation, leaf litter, and under bark.

Revelieria genei has been recorded in Europe (the species epithet references Gene, likely an Italian entomologist). Revelieria california is known from western North America, specifically California as indicated by its species name.

As part of the Latridiidae family, Revelieria species likely function as decomposers, feeding on fungal spores and hyphae in decaying organic matter.

• LatridiusLatridius is another genus in Latridiidae with similar small, brown, oval body form; distinguished by differences in antennal club structure and elytral punctation patterns.
• EnicmusEnicmus shares family characteristics but typically exhibits more pronounced elytral tubercles or ridges and differs in pronotal outline.

• beetle
• Latridiidae
• plaster beetle
• decomposer
• fungivore

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• iNaturalist taxon
• NCBI Taxonomy