Eucinetidae

Common name:

Plate-thigh beetles

Number of species:

1

Size Range:

3-3mm

Tarsi:

5-5-5. Lobed.

Description: 

One species in Britain, the 3-4mm Eucinetus meridionalis (Laporte).  Elliptical-oval in shape, with the pronotum completely covering the head when seen from above, the species is found in decaying wood or vegetation where it is thought to eat fungi.