Acompsophloeus

Acompsophloeus
Acompsophloeus arabicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Superfamily:	Cucujoidea
Family:	Laemophloeidae
Genus:	Acompsophloeus Thomas, 2010
Species:	Acompsophloeus arabicus
Binomial name
Acompsophloeus arabicus Thomas, 2010

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.

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