Litargus balteatus

Taxonavigation

Litargus balteatus

Taxonavigation: Tenebrionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Superfamilia: Tenebrionoidea

Familia: Mycetophagidae
Subfamilia: Mycetophaginae
Genus: Litargus
Species: Litargus balteatus
Synonyms (2): L. infulatus – L. transversus

Check (3): L. antennatus – L. ferrantei – L. pilosus

Name

Litargus balteatus LeConte, 1856

Synonym: Triphyllus minor Lea, 1895

Primary references

• LeConte, 1856: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 8:14.

References

• Callot, H. 1998: Two new Mycetophagidae in the fauna of Alsace: Typhaea decipiens Lohse and Litargus balteatus LeConte (Coleoptera, Mycetophagidae). Entomologiste, 54(3): 142. [not seen]
• Parsons, C.T. 1975: Revision of Nearctic Mycetophagidae (Coleoptera). The Coleopterists Bulletin 29(2): 93–108. JSTOR Reference page.  [see p. 105, and fig. 54]
• Weigel, A. 1997: Scintillatrix dives and Litargus balteatus: Two new species of the Thuringian beetle fauna (Col., Buprestidae, Mycetophagidae). Entomologische Nachrichten und Berichte, 41(3): 178. [not seen]
• Welch, R.C. 2009: Litargus balteatus Le Conte (Mycetophagidae) outdoors in Cambridgeshire (vice county 31, Hunts.) Coleopterist, 18(2): 130. [not seen]
• Litargus balteatus LeConte (Mycetophagidae) new to Ireland.

Links

• Litargus balteatus – Taxon details on BugGuide.
• Images: 1, 2, 3, 4
• PaDIL

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