Introduction. The name of each listed species is followed by up to five sources that report the species as occurring in Michigan. Sources in all upper-case letters refer to specific insect collections: MSU-ARC refers to material held by the Michigan State University Arthropod Research Collection (data provided by G. Parsons). All others refer to collection data extracted from the Symbiota Collections of Arthropods Network (SCAN) database online at https://scan-bugs.org/. See the Methods page for a list of abbreviations and associated collections.
Species names preceded by a single '?' are considered probable (for occurring in Michigan) but uncertain records. Those preceded by '??' are considered possible but unlikely to occur in Michigan. Species that are fully accepted as having valid Michigan records are unmarked. Species reported in the literature that we consider to be erroneous Michigan records are in a separate list following the others.
LATRIDIIDAE
2 subfamilies, 9 genera, 30 species
Subfamily Corticariinae
Corticaria brevicornis Fall, 1899: Fall (1899), Leng (1920), Downie and Arnett (1996); Marquette, Michigan, included as locality in Fall's original description
Corticaria dentigera LeConte, 1855: Downie and Arnett (1996), Hubbard and Schwarz (1878), Leng (1920), MSU-ARC
Corticaria elongata (Gyllenhal, 1827): Majka et al. (2009), Hubbard and Schwarz (1878), Fall (1899), Downie and Arnett (1996), MSU-ARC
Corticaria ferruginea Marsham, 1802: Majka et al. (2009), Hubbard and Schwarz (1878), Fall (1899), Downie and Arnett (1996), MSU-ARC
Corticaria fulva (Comolli, 1837): Fall (1899), Downie and Arnett (1996)
Corticaria incerta Fall, 1899: Fall (1899), Downie and Arnett (1996); Fall's original description includes a Hubbard & Schwarz specimen from Isle Royale
Corticaria pubescens (Gyllenhal, 1827): Majka et al. (2009), Fall (1899), Downie and Arnett (1996), Hubbard and Schwarz (1878)
Corticaria serrata (Paykull, 1798): Majka et al. (2009), Fall (1899), Hubbard and Schwarz (1878), MSU-ARC
Corticaria serricollis LeConte, 1855: Downie and Arnett (1996), Wolcott (1909), Hubbard and Schwarz (1878), MSU-ARC
Corticaria varicolor Fall, 1899: Fall (1899), Leng (1920), Downie and Arnett (1996)
Corticarina cavicollis (Mannerheim, 1844): Fall (1899), Hubbard and Schwarz (1878), MSU-ARC
Cortinicara gibbosa (Herbst, 1793): Majka et al. (2009), Fall (1899), Hatch (1924), MSU-ARC
Melanophthalma americana (Mannerheim, 1844): Haack and Ruesink (2020), Fall (1899), Hatch (1924), Hubbard and Schwarz (1878), MSU-ARC
Melanophthalma distinguenda (Comolli, 1837): Haack and Ruesink (2020), Andrews (1923), Hatch (1924), MSU-ARC
Melanophthalma picta (LeConte, 1855): Hubbard and Schwarz (1878), Ruesink and Parsons (2023), MSU-ARC
Melanophthalma pumila (LeConte, 1855): Haack and Ruesink (2020), Fall (1899), Hubbard and Schwarz (1878), MSU-ARC
Melanophthalma villosa (Zimmermann, 1869): Fall (1899), Hatch (1924), Townsend (1889), Ruesink and Parsons (2023), MSU-ARC
Subfamily Latridiinae
Cartodere constricta (Gyllenhal, 1827): Majka et al. (2009), Fall (1899), Leng (1920), Hubbard and Schwarz (1878), MSU-ARC
Dienerella argus (Reitter, 1884): Majka et al. (2009), Fall (1899), Leng (1920)
Dienerella costulata (Reitter, 1877): Majka et al. (2009), Fall (1899), Leng (1920), MSU-ARC
Dienerella filiformis (Gyllenhal, 1827): Majka et al. (2009), Fall (1899), Hubbard and Schwarz (1878), Leng (1920)
Dienerella filum (Aubé, 1850): Majka et al. (2009); some sources put this in the genus Microgramme, but Dienerella is the currently accepted genus
Enicmus aterrimus Motschulsky, 1866: Majka et al. (2009), Fall (1899), Leng (1920), Hubbard and Schwarz (1878), MSU-ARC
Enicmus duplicatus (LeConte, 1878): LeConte (1878), Fall (1899), Hubbard and Schwarz (1878), Downie and Arnett (1996); LeConte's description based on Detroit specimen
Enicmus maculatus (LeConte, 1878): Fall (1899), Leng (1920), Hubbard and Schwarz (1878), Downie and Arnett (1996)
Enicmus tenuicornis (LeConte, 1878): Majka et al. (2009), LeConte (1878), Fall (1899), Hubbard and Schwarz (1878), Downie and Arnett (1996); most sources do not place LeConte in (), but the original description was in Lathridius
Latridius consimilis (Mannerheim, 1844): Husband and Brown (1976), Andrews (1916), Fall (1899), Downie and Arnett (1996), MSU-ARC; some sources put this in the genus Microgramme
Latridius minutus (Linnaeus, 1767): Majka et al. (2009), Andrews (1916), Fall (1899), Hubbard and Schwarz (1878), MSU-ARC
Stephostethus breviclavis (Fall, 1899): Majka et al. (2009), Fall (1899), Leng (1920), Downie and Arnett (1996); the original description was breviclavus, why is it now breviclavis?
Stephostethus liratus (LeConte, 1863): Haack and Ruesink (2020), Fall (1899), Hubbard and Schwarz (1878), MSU-ARC
The following species were also reported from Michigan, but we consider them to be adventive, misidentifications or other errors:
Subfamily Latridiinae
Dienerella elegans (Aubé, 1850): Hubbard and Schwarz (1878), Leng (1920) as Lathridius cordicollis Mannh.; a European sp., does not occur in MI
Latridius fulvipennis Mannerheim, 1853: Andrews (1923) as Coninomus fulvipennis Mann.; this is probably not a valid sp. name
This family list was last updated: January 13, 2023