Mold-beetles

Guides

• Cortinicara

  Cortinicara is a genus of minute brown scavenger beetles in the family Latridiidae, established by Johnson in 1975. The genus contains approximately 15 described species distributed across multiple continents, including species originally described from Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, New Zealand, and North America. Species in this genus are small, cryptic beetles associated with moist, decaying organic matter.

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• Enicmus histrio

  Enicmus histrio is a species of minute brown scavenger beetle in the family Latridiidae, described by Joy & Tomlin in 1910. The species is native to Europe and has been recorded in Belgium, with additional distribution records from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in Canada. Like other members of Latridiidae, it is associated with moist, decaying organic matter. Specific ecological details for this species remain poorly documented in published literature.

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• Eufallia

  Eufallia is a genus of minute brown scavenger beetles (family Latridiidae) established by Muttkowski in 1910. The genus contains two described species: Eufallia africanus (Dajoz, 1970) from Africa and Eufallia seminivea (Motschulsky, 1866). Members of this genus are small beetles associated with decaying organic matter.

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• Melanophthalma pumila

  Melanophthalma pumila is a species of minute brown scavenger beetle in the family Latridiidae. First described by LeConte in 1855 under the name Corticaria pumila, it was later transferred to the genus Melanophthalma. The species belongs to a family of small beetles commonly associated with moldy or decaying plant material. Records indicate presence in multiple Canadian provinces.

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• Metophthalmus

  Metophthalmus is a genus of minute brown scavenger beetles in the family Latridiidae, established by Motschulsky in 1850. These beetles are small, often overlooked, and associated with decaying organic matter. The genus belongs to a family commonly known as plaster beetles or minute brown scavenger beetles, though specific ecological details for Metophthalmus remain poorly documented in published literature.

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• Thes

  Thes is a genus of minute beetles in the family Latridiidae (plaster beetles), established by Semenov in 1909. These beetles are morphologically typical of their family, being small and associated with damp, moldy environments. The genus is recorded from northern Europe including Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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