Laricobius minutus Nikitsky

Leschen, Richard A. B., 2011, World review of Laricobius (Coleoptera: Derodontidae), Zootaxa 2908, pp. 1-44 : 17

12. Laricobius minutus Nikitsky in Nikitsky & Lafer, 1992

Diagnosis (based on Nikitsky & Lafer, 1992). Length 2.1 mm. Body rusty brown, with the thorax a little darker ventrally, elytra bicolored with a black-brown or black stripe along the suture; antennae yellow-brown, legs partially darkened; dorsal vestiture erect. Ocelli present but difficult to distinguished from the rusty color of the head. Prothorax transverse (longer than wide), sides almost evenly convex and converging from middle, with anterior angles rounded and posterior angles “visible”. Elytra elongate (1.5–1.6 X longer than wide).

Comments. No specimen of this species was examined. The description of the species was based on a single male specimen originally deposited in the ZMUM. It was subsequently lost in mail prior to this study (Nikitsky, personal communication). The diagnosis above was based on the figure of the head and prothorax and the key in Nikitsky and Lafer (1992), I provide the diagnosis above that will help to distinguish this species from L. kovalevi and L. sahlbergi .

Distribution. Russia: Far East.