Belongs within: Coccinelloidea.
Contains: Corticaria.
The Latridiidae are a group of minute beetles that feeds as adults and larvae on fungal spores, and are commonly found associated with dead vegetation or leaf litter (Lawrence & Britton 1991). A number of species are commonly found in food stores and have become widely dispersed worldwide. Members of the subfamily Latridiinae have the clypeus on a lower plane than the frons and delimited from it by a deep transverse suture, whereas the clypeus and frons remain on the same plane in Corticariinae (Andrews 2002).
Characters (from Lawrence & Britton 1991, as Lathridiidae): Minute; clypeus laterally expanded in front of antennal insertions; antenna ten- or eleven-segmented, with two- or three-segmented club, antennal scape usually large and more or less globular; pronotum usually much narrower than elytral bases; fore coxae projecting, trochantins concealed, fore coxal cavities internally and externally closed; elytral punctures more or less seriate; mid coxal cavities contiguous or narrowly separated, laterally closed; tarsi trimerous; abdomen with five or six ventrites, none connate. Larvae elongate, tapered posteriorly, lightly sclerotised except for head, with vestiture of long, fine setae or occasionally shorter, frayed setae; antennae relatively long; mandibles often partly membranous; mala obtuse.
<==Latridiidae [Lathridiidae]
| i. s.: BicavaE02
| LithostygnusMC13
| Coluocera maderae Wollaston 1854W08
| Succinimontia infleta Zherichin in Arnoldi et al. 1977P92
| Monaedus Horn 1882FS90
| |--M. guttatusFS90
| `--M. lecontei Fleutiaux & Sallé 1890FS90
|--CorticariinaeMW15
| |--+--Migneauxia Jacquelin du Val 1857RS15, A02
| | | |--M. crassiuscula (Aubé 1850)A02
| | | `--M. orientalisRS15
| | `--CorticariaRS15
| `--+--Fuchsina Fall 1899RS15, A02
| | `--F. occulataRS15
| |--Cortinicara Johnson 1975RS15, A02
| | |--C. gibbosus (Gyllenhal 1827)A02
| | `--C. hirtalisLB91
| |--Corticarina Reitter 1880RS15, A02
| `--Melanophthalma Motschulsky 1866RS15, A02
| | i. s.: M. americanaA02
| | M. australisB70
| | M. cavicollisB89
| | M. distinguenda [=Latridius distinguendus]G89
| | M. fuscula Gyll. 1827B89
| | M. seminigra Belon 1885B89
| | M. splendensM83
| | M. zelandicaM83
| `--M. (Cortilena Motschulsky 1867)A02
`--LatridiinaeMW15
| i. s.: Thes Semenov 1909 [incl. Lar Semenov 1904 non Gosse 1857]A02
| Adistemia Fall 1899A02
| `--A. watsoni (Wollaston 1871)A02
|--+--Metophthalmus Wollaston 1854RS15, A02 [incl. Metatypus Belon 1897A02]
| | |--M. haigiRS15
| | `--M. rudisA02
| `--Revelieria Perris 1870RS15, A02
| `--R. californica Fall 1899A02
`--+--Dienerella Reitter 1908RS15, A02 [incl. Cartoderema Reitter 1908A02, Microgramme Walkley 1948A02]
| |--D. argaA02
| |--D. (Dienerella) filum (Aubé 1850)B14
| |--D. intermediaRS15
| `--D. ruficollis [=Microgramme ruficollis]M83
`--+--Eufallia Muttkowski 1910RS15, A02 [incl. Belonia Fall 1899 nec Körb. 1856 (ICBN) nec Kirby 1889A02]
| `--E. seminiveus (Motschulsky 1866)A02
`--+--+--Latridius Herbst 1793RS15, A02 [=Lathridius Illiger 1801A02; incl. Conithassa Thomson 1859A02]
| | |--L. apicalis Blackb. 1887M96
| | |--L. australicus Belon. 1889M96
| | |--L. bifasciata Reitt. 1887M96
| | |--L. costatipennis Blackb. 1887M96
| | |--L. costicollis Lec. 1855B89
| | |--L. crenatusRS15
| | |--L. liratus Lec. 1863B89
| | |--L. minor Blackb. 1887M96
| | |--L. minutusLB91 (see below for synonymy)
| | |--L. nigromaculatus Blackb. 1887M96
| | |--L. nodiferB70
| | |--L. punctipennis Blackb. 1887M96
| | |--L. satelles Blackb. 1887M96
| | |--L. semicostatus Blackb. 1887M96
| | |--L. serratusLC40 [=Colydium (Latridius) serratumG20, Dermestes serratusLC40]
| | `--L. transversusC01
| `--Enicmus Thomson 1859RS15, A02
| |--E. aterrimusRS15
| |--E. maculatusA02
| `--E. minutusB70
`--+--Stephostethus LeConte 1878RS15, A02 [incl. Enicmoderes Reitter 1911A02]
| |--S. lardariusRS15
| `--S. liratusRS15
`--+--Aridius Motschulsky 1866RS15, A02 [incl. Aridionomus Reitter 1911A02]
| |--A. australicusLB91
| |--A. bifasciatusLB91
| `--A. nodiferLB91
`--Cartodere Thomson 1859RS15, A02 [incl. Coninomis Thomson 1863A02]
|--C. constrictus (Gyllenhal 1827)A02 (see below for synonymy)
|--‘Lathridius (Coninomus)’ longiceps Belon 1889B89
|--‘Lathridius (Coninomus)’ sculptilisB89
|--‘Lathridius (Coninomus)’ simoni Belon 1889B89
`--‘Lathridius (Coninomus)’ tenuisB89
Cartodere constrictus (Gyllenhal 1827)A02 [=Lathridius (Coninomus) constrictusB89; incl. *Coninomis carinatusA02]
Latridius minutusLB91 [=Ips minutusLC40, Lyctus minutusL02; incl. Dermestes marginatusLC40, Latridius porcatusLC40]
*Type species of generic name indicated
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