Acompsophloeus

Acompsophloeus
Acompsophloeus arabicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Laemophloeidae
Genus: Acompsophloeus
Thomas, 2010
Species:
A. arabicus
Binomial name
Acompsophloeus arabicus
Thomas, 2010

Acompsophloeus is a genus of beetles in the family Laemophloeidae. The only known species in the genus is Acompsophloeus arabicus, a small (1.4-2.0 mm) yellowish-brown beetle with extremely coarse surface sculpture, short antennae, and male genitalia with the parameres completely fused to the basal piece.[1] It is known only from the Arabian Peninsula (United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia). Nothing is known of its biology or immature stages.

References

  1. ^ Thomas, M. C. 2010. Order Coleoptera, family Laemophloeidae. Arthropod Fauna of the UAE 3: 240-248.