Leptoscydmus

Casey, 1897

Leptoscydmus is a of minute in the , Scydmaeninae. Members of this genus belong to the tribe Leptoscydmini, a group of small adapted to life in soil and leaf litter microhabitats. The genus was established by Thomas Lincoln Casey in 1897 and contains distributed in North America. These beetles are part of the diverse scydmaenine fauna that plays roles in .

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Distribution

North America; specific range details limited by sparse occurrence records (5 observations in iNaturalist database).

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