Catalogue of latvian latridiidae (insecta: Coleoptera)

An annotated catalogue of minute brown scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Latridiidae) of the Latvian fauna is presented. In total, 54 species representing 10 genera and two subfamilies are hitherto known in Latvia. Two species of them, Corticaria fulva (Comolli, 1837) and Dienerella costulata (Reitter, 1877), are known only from records that are more than 100 years old, and their occurrence in the Latvian fauna needs to be reconfirmed. Dienerella argus (Reitter, 1884) has been removed from the catalogue. During the study, all available published sources of relevant information were reviewed and analyzed. The research history of these beetles in Latvia is surveyed. The recent Latvian fauna of Latridiidae is represented by 10 chorotypes. Species of European (11 or 20.37%), Subcosmopolitan (11 or 20.37%), and Holarctic (10 or 18.52%) chorotypes are considered to be predominant. New data on the distribution of seven insufficiently known species are given.