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Corticaria

{{Short description|Genus of beetles}}

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| image = Corticaria formicaephila group male.jpg

|image_caption = Corticaria formicaephila

| taxon = Corticaria

| authority = Marsham, 1802

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Corticaria is a genus of beetles in the family Latridiidae.

Description

Beetles of this genus have a small transverse scutellum.{{Cite web |last=Lompe |first=Arved |date=2022-08-26 |title=Corticaria |url=https://coleonet.de/coleo/texte/corticaria.htm |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=coleonet.de |language=de}}{{Cite journal |last=Abied |first=M. |last2=Salem |first2=M. |date=2014-01-01 |title=TAXONOMIC STUDIES ON FAMILY LATHRIDIIDAE (ORDER: COLEOPTERA) IN EGYPT |url=https://jppp.journals.ekb.eg/article_87883.html |journal=Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology |language=en |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=131–149 |doi=10.21608/jppp.2014.87883 |issn=2090-3758|doi-access=free }} In most species, the pronotum has a round impression before the base.{{Cite web |title=Genus Corticaria |url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/55720 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=bugguide.net}}{{Cite web |last=MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory |date=Mar 21, 2014 |title=Corticaria sp. |url=https://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/pest/140360 |website=PaDIL}} The prosternum has a pubescent (hairy) impression in front of each fore coxa, also visible from the sides. The sides of the prothorax are slightly dentate (toothed). The tarsi of all legs have three segments, as with all Latridiidae.{{Cite web |title=Family Latridiidae - Minute Brown Scavenger Beetles |url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/32180 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=bugguide.net}} In males, the first tarsomere of the fore tarsus is dilated.

In North America, this genus can be recognised by being >1.8 mm long and having rather elongate elytra.

Ecology

Corticaria in nature live on mouldy substances, bark, wood waste, leaf litter, decaying seaweed and flowering vegetation.{{Cite web |title=Corticaria impressa |url=https://www.ukbeetles.co.uk/corticaria-impressa |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=uk beetles |language=en}} They can also be found in artificial environments such as stables, barns and piles of wood.

Adults of Corticaria impressa have been seen grazing lichens on decaying hazel bark.

Species

This genus contains the following species:Rucker, Wolfgang H. (2010). “[http://d-nb.info/997072180/34 Checklist Latridiidae & Merophysiinae of the World. Checklist Latridiidae & Merophysiinae of the World.]” {{ISSN|1869-2168}}. Retrieved on 15 May 2012.

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Category:Latridiidae genera