| Brassicogethes | |
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| Brassicogethes aeneus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Nitidulidae |
| Subfamily: | Meligethinae |
| Genus: | Brassicogethes Audisio & Cline, 2009 |
Brassicogethes is a genus of pollen beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are at least 4 described species in Brassicogethes. [1] [2]
The sap beetles, also known as Nitidulidae, are a family of beetles.
Griburius is a genus of case-bearing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are many species, with about 6 described species in Griburius which range into the USA, plus many others further south.
Carpophilus melanopterus is a species of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Carpophilinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are at least 70 described species in Carpophilinae.
Coccotrypes is a genus of typical bark beetles in the family Curculionidae. There are about six described species in Coccotrypes.
Epuraea terminalis is a species of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae. It is found in Europe and Northern Asia and North America.
Epuraea is a genus of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae, first described in 1843 by Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson. There are at least 40 described species in Epuraea. Their most notable food source is sap but these beetles also feed on organic matter such as fruits, flowers, fungi, decaying plant tissue, and the tissue of dead animals. Some species occur in bumblebee nests. Epuraea beetles commonly overwinter underneath logs or in soil.
Afrogethes canadensis is a species of pollen beetle in the family Nitidulidae.
Afrogethes is a genus of pollen beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are at least 2 described species in Afrogethes.
Meligethinae is a subfamily of pollen beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are about 6 genera and about 10 described species in Meligethinae.
Colopterus maculatus is a species of sap-feeding beetle in the family Nitidulidae. It is found in North America.
Colopterus is a genus of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are about 10 described species in Colopterus.
Cillaeinae is a subfamily of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are about 9 genera and at least 150 described species in Cillaeinae.
Brachypeplus glaber is a species of sap-feeding beetle in the family Nitidulidae. It is found in North America.
Brassicogethes aeneus, the common pollen beetle, is a species of pollen beetle in the family Nitidulidae. Other common names include the rape pollen beetle and rape blossom beetle. It was previously known as Meligethes aeneus.
Cybocephalidae is a family of sap, bark and fungus beetles in the order Coleoptera with a wide global distribution. The type genus Cybocephalus has more than 200 species in it and the entire family has about 220 species in all. Many species are predators of armoured scale insects (Diaspididae). There are four tarsal segments on all the legs. The body is only slightly longer than wide and very convex and shiny. They are small and about 1 to 3 mm long. The insect can roll into a ball like position with its downward facing head. The tarsomeres are lobed underneath. The family is sometimes treated as a subfamily within the Nitidulidae.
Cryptarchinae is a subfamily of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are at least 3 genera and about 17 described species in Cryptarchinae.
Meligethes is a genus of pollen beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are more than 80 described species in Meligethes.
Acanthogethes is a genus of pollen beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are about five described species in Acanthogethes.
Fabogethes is a genus of pollen beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are at least two described species in Fabogethes.
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