Anotylus latiusculus explained

Anotylus latiusculus is a species of rove beetle widely spread in Asia.^{[1] [2]}

Description

It is a tiny, spiny-legged rove beetle with a length of 1.5 mm.^[3] The body is black and shiny with a small head. Dorsal surfaces of head, thorax and elytra are sparsely pitted. Antenna clubbed. Elytra short. There is a row of spines in front tibia.^[4]

It is a parasitoid of Musca domestica that attack the puparium.

Two subspecies were identified.

• Anotylus latiusculus latiusculus - nominate
• Anotylus latiusculus niticeps (Bernhauer, 1935) ^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Anotylus latiusculus . 2021-07-04 . mindat.
2. Web site: Anotylus latiusculus (Kraatz, 1859) . 2021-07-04 . insecta.
3. Web site: The egg and mature larva of Anotylus insecatus (Gravenhorst, 1806) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) . 2021-07-04 . cassidae.
4. Web site: Omar . Baharudin . Sulaiman . Sallehudin . Jeffery . John . 1991 . Anotylus latiusculus (Kraatz) (Coleoptera : Staphylinidae) parasitising the puparium of Musca domestica L. in Malaysia . 2021-07-05 . Medical Entomology and Zoology . 147–149 . en . 10.7601/mez.42.147.
5. Web site: Anotylus latiusculus niticeps (Bernhauer, 1935) . 2021-07-04 . Atlas of Living Australia.