Sericoderus lateralis

Sericoderus lateralis · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Corylophidae

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Sericoderus lateralis
Photo: Udo Schmidt, CC BY-SA

Sericoderus lateralis is a minute hooded beetle that belongs to the family Corylophidae.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Sericoderus lateralis is a tiny hooded beetle in the family Corylophidae.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It occurs in Africa, Australia, Europe, northern Asia (except China), North America and southern Asia.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 11 of 51 states and DC. Most records: California, Ohio, Virginia, Massachusetts, Arizona, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Status: introduced in Canada. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Sericoderus lateralis photo 2
Photo: Paul Cook, CC BY
Sericoderus lateralis photo 3
Photo: Paul Cook, CC BY
Sericoderus lateralis photo 4
Photo: thomas_oswald, CC BY

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sericoderus_lateralis

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-28 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-28.

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