Family Leiodidae

(+Catopidae, Colonidae, Leptodiridae, Leptinidae)

The small scavenger beetles

Subfamily Coloninae

Colon Herbst (see Peck and Stephan 1996)

• C. (Tricolon) blatchleyi Peck and Stephan, FL endemic (FLA, PIN)
• C. (Myloechus) hubbardi Horn, eUS, FL (ALA, JAC, LIB)
• C. (Myloechus) megasetosum Peck and Stephan, eUS, FL (LEO)

Subfamily Leiodinae

The round fungus beetles

Tribe Leiodini

(see Daffner 1988)

Anogdus LeConte

• A. capitatus LeConte, FL endemic (locality not specified)
• A. dissimilis Blatchley, IL, NJ, FL (ALA, PIN)

Leiodes Latreille (see Baranowski 1993)

• L. alternata Melsheimer, TX-AL-KY-FL (ALA, LEV)
• *L. variipennis Baranowski, MS-OK-PQ-AL
• L. stephani Baranowski, OK-IL-VA-FL (HIG, PUT)

Lionothus Brown

• L. forticornis Daffner, OK-ON-FL (ALA, LAK, PUT), Mexico
• L. ulkei Brown, VA-AZ-FL (DAD, MON)

Zeadolopus Broun

• Z. bifoveolatus Daffner, FL endemic (DAD, MON)
• Z. egenus (LeConte), ON-FL (ALA, DAD, SAR, SUW)
• Z. rubricornis Daffner, FL endemic (DAD, MON)

Tribe Scotocryptini

Aglyptinus Cockerell

• A. laevis (LeConte), seUS, FL (JAC)

Tribe Pseudoliodini

Colenis Erichson

• C. (Carcharodes) n.sp., seUS, FL (ALA, CLA, HIG, LEV, PUT, SUW)
• C. (Colenis) impunctata LeConte, eUS, FL (COLU, JAC, HIL, LIB)
• C. (Colenis) n.sp., eNAmer, FL (HIL, JAC, LEO, MARI, SUW)

Tribe Agathidiini

Agathidium Panzer

• A. exiguum (Melsheimer), eUS, FL (BAY, in FSCA)

Anisotoma Panzer (see Wheeler 1974)

• *A. discolor (Melsheimer), TX-MN-PQ-GA-AL

Subfamily Cholevinae

The small carrion beetles

Tribe Ptomaphagini

Ptomaphagus Illiger (see Peck 1973, 1982a; Peck and Gnaspini, 1997)

• P. (Echinocoleus) acutus Peck and Gnaspini, AL, GA, FL (OKA, WAL); in Pogonomyrmex nests
• P. (Ptomophagus) cavernicola Schwarz, TX, eUS, FL (ALA, JAC), Mexico; frequent in caves
• P. (Ptomophagus) consobrius LeConte, eUS, FL (ALA, BAK, CAL, COLU, DIX, DUV, GUL, HER, JAC, JEF, LAF, LEO, LEV, LIB, MAD, MARI, OKA, ORA, PIN, POL, PUT, SJO, VOL, WAL)
• P. (Ptomophagus) geomysi Peck and Skelley, seUS, FL (CAL, JAC, LEO, SROSUW, TAY), in pocket gopher burrows
• P. (Ptomophagus) schwarzi Hatch, GA-FL (ALA, GIL, LEO, LAF, LEV, NAS, OKA, PUT, WAL); in pocket gopher burrows
• P. (Ptomophagus) texanus Melander, sw and seUS, FL (ALA, CAL, GIL, LEO, LEV); in gopher tortoise burrows

Tribe Nemadini

Dissochaetus Reitter

• D. oblitus LeConte, eUS, FL (ALA, HIG, JAC, NAS)

Nemadus Thomson

• N. horni Hatch, eUS, FL (JAC, new record); in caves in Florida

Tribe Cholevini

Catops Thomson

• C. geomysi Peck and Skelley, seUS, FL (ALA, FLA, GIL, HIG, LEO), in pocket gopher burrows
• C. simplex Say, widespread NAmer, FL (ALA, CLA, DUV, LEO, LIB, NAS, OKA)

Prionochaeta Horn (see Peck 1977)

• P. opaca Say, eUS, FL (JAC); in caves in Florida

Sciodrepoides Hatch

• S. watsoni hornianus Blanchard, widespread NAmer, FL

Subfamily Platypsillinae

(+Leptininae)

The mammal nest beetles

Leptinus Müller (see Peck 1982b)

• L. orientoamericanus Peck, eUS, FL (JAC, LEO, LIB); ectoparasitic on shrews and moles

Platypsyllus Ritsema

• P. castoris Ritsema, widespread NAmer, LA, MS, AL, FL (ALA) (Gainesville, 30.IX.35, in leaf mold, R.R. Shepard, USNM, 2); ectoparasitic on beavers

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