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Cartodere

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Cartodere
Cartodere constricta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Latridiidae
Subfamily: Latridiinae
Genus: Cartodere
C. G. Thomson, 1859

Cartodere is a genus of beetles in the family Latridiidae.[1]

Description

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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.[2]

Habitat

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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.[2]

Diet

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Larvae and adults of Cartodere feed on mould in dead organic material.[2]

Distribution

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Cartodere can be found worldwide, i.e. the genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.[3]

Species

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References

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  1. Rücker, Wolfgang H. Checklist Latridiidae & Merophysiinae of the World. OCLC 1184258874.
  2. 1 2 3 Majka, Christopher G.; Langor, David; Rücker, Wolfgang H. (2009). "Latridiidae (Coleoptera) of Atlantic Canada: new records, keys to identification, new synonyms, distribution, and zoogeography". The Canadian Entomologist. 141 (4): 317–370. doi:10.4039/n09-050. ISSN 0008-347X.
  3. "Cartodere C.G.Thomson, 1859". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-08-16.