LEIODIDAE Fleming, 1821
(round fungus beetles)

LEIODIDAE (round fungus beetles) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

LEIODIDAE (round fungus beetles) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Apocatops nigrita
a round fungus beetle
Species 1 trophisms
CATOPINAE
a subfamily of round fungus beetles
Subfamily 8 subtaxa 7 trophisms 3 references
LEIODINAE
a subfamily of round fungus beetles
Subfamily 5 subtaxa 6 trophisms 2 references
PLATYPSYLLINAE
nest beetles
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyLEIODIDAE (round fungus beetles)
SuperfamilySTAPHYLINOIDEA (rove, sexton and featherwing beetles)
Series Staphyliniformia (burying beetles, carrion beetles, rove beetles etc.)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for LEIODIDAE (round fungus beetles)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
() Duff, A.G. 2012 Beetles of Britain and Ireland: Sphaeriusidae to Silphidae Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Volume 1, 496pp

Larvae

van Emden, F.I. 1943 Larvae of British Beetles IV: Various small families EMM 79: 263 Ent. Mon. Mag. 78-9: 209-223.

LEIODIDAE (round fungus beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to LEIODIDAE (round fungus beetles):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 5 images of LEIODIDAE (round fungus beetles)
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