Derodontidae

Common name:

Number of species:

1

Size Range:

1-2mm

Tarsi:

4-4-4. Lobed.

Images:

  • Laricobius erichsonii

Description: 

One species in Britain, Laricobius erichsonii Rosenhauer.  This is a small (3-4mm) beetle with a strongly punctured pronotum and elytra.  It is pubescent, with shining brown elytra bisected by a darker stripe down the elytral suture and a black head and pronotum.  First found in Britain in 1971, it is found on conifers where both adults and larvae are predatory on adelgids.