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Résumé :
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This work provides a foundation Western Palearctic members of the minute brown scavenger beetles of the family Latridiidae and the beetles of the family Merophysiidae that mostly live in the company of ants. The book provides a comprehensive overview of biology, systematics, etymology, nutrition, number of species, distribution, collection methods and preparation techniques. Male reproductive organs (the aedeagus) of all species are depicted, togethe with many details in halftones, as a line drawing, colour drawing or as a photo. For most species of Latridiidae and Merophysiidae detailed images of the habitus and aedeagus are published here for the first time ever. All species are presented with full valid names, all synonyms and, if possible, the repository of holotypes, paratypes and lectotypes, a short diagnosis with a brief description. In addition, some Latridiidae and Merophysiidae from peripheral areas of the Western Palearctic are also presented as faunal-foreign species. Although today the Merophysiidae are assigned to the subfamilies Merophysiinae and Holoparamecinae of the Endomychidae, the author has deliberately chosen "Latridiidae and Merophysiidae" as the book title. Both subfamilies have been referred to by the family name "Merophysiidae" for over 60 years and are thus far more familiar by this name, than according to their modern classification in the family Endomychidae.
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