Cartodere Explained

Cartodere is a genus of beetles in the family Latridiidae, containing the following species:^[1]

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.^[2]

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.^[3]

Species

C. apfelbecki (Reitter, 1901)
C. australica (Belon, 1887)
C. bifasciata (Reitter, 1877)
C. brasiliensis Dajoz, 1974
C. carinatus Rücker, 1989
C. ceylanicus Dajoz, 1975
C. chilensis Dajoz, 1967
C. constricta (Gyllenhal, 1827)
C. costatipennis (Blackburn, 1888)
C. costatus (Erichson, 1842)
C. curtipennis Pic
C. delamarei Dajoz, 1962
C. dimidiatus (Belon, 1885)
C. dromedarius (Belon, 1883)
C. gayi Dajoz, 1970
C. grouvellei (Belon, 1895)
C. heteronotus (Belon, 1891)
C. humeralis (Belon, 1885)
C. indicus Motschulsky, 1866
C. jantaricus (Borowiec, 1985)
C. kulickae (Borowiec, 1985)
C. latumeris Rücker, 1979
C. lobli Dajoz, 1975
C. longiceps (Belon, 1889)
C. malouinensis Champion, 1918
C. minor (Blackburn, 1888)
C. montuosus Rücker, 1985
C. necessarius Rücker, 1985
C. nodifer (Westwood, 1839)
C. peruvianus Dajoz, 1975
C. satelles (Blackburn, 1888)
C. semicostatus (Blackburn, 1888)
C. setulosus (Belon, 1882)
C. simoni (Belon, 1889)
C. strangulatus (Mannerheim, 1853)
C. subfasciatus (Reitter, 1877)
C. trifasciatus (Belon, 1895)
C. vannideki Rücker, 2004
C. ventanensis Dajoz, 1974
C. vietnamensis Rücker, 1979
C. ypirangae Dajoz, 1974

Notes and References

Book: Rücker, Wolfgang H . Checklist Latridiidae & Merophysiinae of the World. . 1184258874.
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 . en . 141 . 4 . 317–370 . 10.4039/n09-050 . 0008-347X.
Web site: Cartodere C.G.Thomson, 1859 . 2022-08-16 . www.gbif.org . en.