| Laemophloeus | |
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| Laemophloeus germaini | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Laemophloeidae |
| Genus: | Laemophloeus Dejean, 1836 |
Laemophloeus is a genus of beetles; it is the type genus of the family Laemophloeidae. The genus has been almost completely reviewed in modern times.
Following Lefkovitch, by recognizing only those species congeneric with the type species, Laemophloeus monilis (Fabricius), as valid members of the genus, this reduces the size of the genus from more than a hundred species to only 28, as follows (with their distribution):
- Laemophloeus apache (Thomas)
- Laemophloeus biguttatus (Say)
- Laemophloeus buenavista (Thomas)
- Laemophloeus capitisculptus (Thomas)
- Laemophloeus concinnus (Thomas)
- Laemophloeus corporoflavus (Thomas)
- Laemophloeus dozieri (Thomas)
- Laemophloeus fasciatus (Melsheimer)
- Laemophloeus fervidus (Casey)
- Laemophloeus germaini (Grouvelle)
- Laemophloeus incisus (Sharp)
- Laemophloeus insulatestudinas (Thomas)
- Laemophloeus kraussi (Ganglbauer)
- Laemophloeus lecontei (Grouvelle)
- Laemophloeus macrognathus (Reitter)
- Laemophloeus mathani (Grouvelle)
- Laemophloeus megacephalus (Grouvelle)
- Laemophloeus monilis (Fabricius)
- Laemophloeus muticus (Fabricius)
- Laemophloeus nigricollis (Lucas)
- Laemophloeus planaclavatus (Thomas)
- Laemophloeus ribbei (Reitter)
- Laemophloeus sexarticulatus (Kessel)
- Laemophloeus shastanus (Casey)
- Laemophloeus souzalimai Bento
- Laemophloeus submonilis (Reitter)
- Laemophloeus suturalis (Reitter)
- Laemophloeus taurus (Thomas)
- Laemophloeus terminalis (Casey)
Those species still listed as Laemophloeus in published or online lists (e.g. Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog) should be listed as Laemophloeus (sens. lat.).
Like most members of the Laemophloeidae, Laemophloeus species are found under the bark of dead trees, where they appear to feed primarily on fungi, especially ascomycetes. They range in size from moderate to large for the family (2–4 mm in length). The members of the genus occur throughout the Palaearctic and Nearctic realms, but extend south into the tropics in the New World, where five other closely related genera are found.
References
- ^ Lefkovitch, Leonard P. (August 1959). "A revision of the European Laemophloeinae (Coleoptera: Cucujidae)". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 111 (5): 95–118. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1959.tb02278.x.
- Iablokoff-Khnzorian, Stepan M. (1977). "Beetles of the tribe Laemophloeini (Coleoptera, Cucujidae) in the fauna of the USSR". Entomologicheskoye Obozreniye. 56: 610–624.
- Thomas, M. C. (March 2013). "A review of New World Laemophloeus Dejean (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae): 1. Species with antennal club of more than three antennomeres". Insecta Mundi. 0294: 1–23.
- Thomas, M. C. (April 2014). "A review of New World Laemophloeus Dejean (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae): 2. Neotropical species with antennal club of three antennomeres". Insecta Mundi. 0363: 1–38.
- ^ Thomas, M. C. (December 2015). "A review of New World Laemophloeus Dejean (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae): 3. Nearctic species". Insecta Mundi. 0450: 1–35.
- Joel Hallan. "Laemophloeidae Species List". insects.tamu.edu. Texas A&M University. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- Lawrence, John F. (December 1977). "Coleoptera associated with an Hypoxylon species (Ascomycetes: Xylariaceae) on oak". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 31 (4): 309–312. JSTOR 3999883.