Anotylus latiusculus
| Anotylus latiusculus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Staphyliniformia |
| Family: | Staphylinidae |
| Genus: | Anotylus |
| Species: | A. latiusculus |
| Binomial name | |
| Anotylus latiusculus (Kraatz, 1859) | |
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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.[4]
Two subspecies were identified.[1]
- Anotylus latiusculus latiusculus - nominate
- Anotylus latiusculus niticeps (Bernhauer, 1935) [5]
References
- ^ a b "Anotylus latiusculus". mindat. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
- ^ "Anotylus latiusculus (Kraatz, 1859)". insecta. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
- ^ "The egg and mature larva of Anotylus insecatus (Gravenhorst, 1806) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)" (PDF). cassidae. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
- ^ a b Omar, Baharudin; Sulaiman, Sallehudin; Jeffery, John (1991). "Anotylus latiusculus (Kraatz) (Coleoptera : Staphylinidae) parasitising the puparium of Musca domestica L. in Malaysia". Medical Entomology and Zoology. pp. 147–149. doi:10.7601/mez.42.147. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
- ^ "Anotylus latiusculus niticeps (Bernhauer, 1935)". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 2021-07-04.