Family Latridiidae

The minute brown scavenger beetles

reviewed and corrected by F.G. Andrews, May 1993

Subfamily Latridiinae

Cartodere Thomson

• C. constricta (Gyllenhal), the plaster beetle, FL (ALA, MARI), cosompolitan

Enicmus Thomson

• E. atterimus (Motschulsky), eUS, FL, Europe
• E. maculatus (LeConte), FL endemic (ALA)

Eufallia Mutkowski

• E. seminiveus (Motschulsky), FL (DAD, IND, PIN, PUT), Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico; household pest, bites people (see Parsons 1969)
  = Belonia unicostata (Belon)

Metophthalmus Wollaston (see Andrews 1976)

• M. americanus Motschulsky, AL-FL (ALA, DAD, HIG, MON)
  = albosignatus Fall

Subfamily Corticariinae

Corticaria Marsham

• C. dentigera LeConte, widespread US, FL
• C. elongata (Gyllenhal), cosmopolitan, FL (MARI)
• C. ferruginea Marsham, cosmopolitan, FL, Bahamas
• C. serrata (Paykull), cosmopolitan, widespread US, FL

Corticarina Reitter

• C. cavicollis (Mannerheim), MT-IN, NH, FL (ALA, CLA, DAD, MON)
  = angularis (LeConte)
• C. longipennis LeConte, eUS, FL

Melanophthalma Motschulsky

• M. (Cortilena) chamaeropis Fall, FL endemic
• M. (C.) picta LeConte, eUS, FL (COLL)
• M. (C.) simplex LeConte, US, FL
• M. (Melanophthalma) aculifera Fall, FL endemic (DAD, MON)
• M. (M.) americana (Mannerheim), eUS, FL (DAD, IND, MARI, MON), Cuba
  = distinguenda auct. amer.
• M. (M.) floridana Fall, FL endemic
• M. (M.) villosa Zimmerman, FL endemic (IND, MARI, WAK)

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