Genus of beetles
| Acompsophloeus
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| Acompsophloeus arabicus
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Acompsophloeus
Thomas, 2010
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A. arabicus
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Acompsophloeus arabicus
Thomas, 2010
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Acompsophloeus is a genus of beetles in the family Laemophloeidae. The only known species in the genus is Acompsophloeus arabicus, a small (1.4-2.0mm) 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
- ^ Thomas, M. C. 2010. Order Coleoptera, family Laemophloeidae. Arthropod Fauna of the UAE 3: 240-248.
