Litargus species in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/19/2020). (c) Sergei Drovetski, all rights reserved.
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Litargus species in Howard Co., Maryland (7/21/2016). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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| Litargus | |
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| Litargus balteatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Mycetophagidae |
| Genus: | Litargus Erichson, 1846 |
Litargus is a genus of hairy fungus beetles in the family Mycetophagidae. There are at least 20 described species in Litargus.[1][2][3]
Species
[edit]These 20 species belong to the genus Litargus:
- Litargus antennatus Miyatake, 1957
- Litargus arjanbasui Háva & Chakrovorty, 2025 [4]
- Litargus asperulus Casey
- Litargus balteatus LeConte, 1856 (stored grain fungus beetle)
- Litargus coloratus Rosenhauer, 1856
- Litargus connexus (Geoffroy, 1785)
- Litargus didesmus (Say, 1826)
- Litargus grandis Schaeffer, 1910
- Litargus guadalupensis Grouvelle & Raffray, 1908
- Litargus infulatus LeConte, 1856
- Litargus lewisi Reitter, 1889
- Litargus longulus Casey
- Litargus nebulosus LeConte, 1856
- Litargus nitidus Brèthes
- Litargus pallens Casey
- Litargus pilosus Wollaston, 1857
- Litargus sexpunctatus (Say, 1826)
- Litargus sexsignatus Miyatake, 1957
- Litargus tetraspilotus LeConte, 1856
- Litargus transversus LeConte, 1856
- Litargus vestitus Sharp, 1879
References
[edit]- ^ "Litargus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Litargus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Litargus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ Chakrovorty, Arnob; Háva, Jiří; Bhattacharjee, Banani (2025-09-18). "A new species of hairy fungus beetle (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Mycetophagidae) from West Bengal, India". Faunitaxys. 13 (46). doi:10.57800/faunitaxys-13(46). Retrieved 2025-12-17.
Further reading
[edit]- Parsons, Carl T. (1975). "Revision of Nearctic Mycetophagidae (Coleoptera)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 29 (2): 93–108. JSTOR 3999785.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26090-0.
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