- Source: Cartodere
Cartodere is a genus of beetles in the family Latridiidae, containing the following species:
Description
Beetles of genus Cartodere have the pronotum margins deeply incised, eyes large with over 70 facets each, elytra with eight or fewer rows of punctate striae, and procoxae separated by a prosternal process.
Habitat
Cartodere occur in stored food products in houses, grain elevators and feed mills. In the wild, they occur in various habitats including herbaceous vegetation, straw, grass, mouldy bark, hay, wood, moss, compost and animal nests.
Diet
Larvae and adults of Cartodere feed on mould in dead organic material.
Distribution
Cartodere can be found worldwide, i.e. the genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Cartodere
- Cartodere constricta
- Cartodere bifasciatus
- Cartodere elegans
- Cartodere nodifer
- Latridiidae
- List of beetle species of Great Britain
- Max Barclay
- 2012 in paleoentomology
- Latridiinae
