The Elateroidea are a large superfamily of beetles. It contains the familiar click beetles, fireflies, and soldier beetles and their relatives. It consists of about 25,000 species.
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.
Epuraea aestiva is a species of sap-feeding beetle in the family Nitidulidae. It is found in Europe and Northern Asia and North America.
Scarites subterraneus, known generally as the big-headed ground beetle or (tunneling large)pedunculate ground beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found throughout the Caribbean, Central America, and North America.
Epuraea populi is a species of sap-feeding beetle in the family Nitidulidae. It is found in North America.
Epuraea avara is a species of sap-feeding beetle in the family Nitidulidae. It is found in North America.
Epuraea luteola, the pineapple sap beetle, is a species of sap-feeding beetle in the family Nitidulidae. It is found in North America, Oceania, and Europe.
Epuraea ocularis is a species of sap-feeding beetle in the family Nitidulidae. It is found in Africa, Europe and Northern Asia, North America, Oceania, and Southern Asia.
Epuraea helvola is a species of sap-feeding beetle in the family Nitidulidae. It is found in North America.
Anthaxia inornata is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It is found in North America. It was described by Randall in 1838. It is 4-8 mm in size.
Epuraea umbrosa is a species of sap-feeding beetle in the family Nitidulidae. It is found in North America.
Epuraea planulata is a species of sap-feeding beetle in the family Nitidulidae. It is found in North America.
Epuraea peltoides is a species of sap-feeding beetle in the family Nitidulidae. It is found in North America.
Epuraea rufa is a species of sap-feeding beetle in the family Nitidulidae. It is found in North America.
Cryptophilus is a genus of pleasing fungus beetles in the family Erotylidae. There are about nine described species in Cryptophilus.
Epuraea obtusicollis is a species of sap-feeding beetle in the family Nitidulidae. It is found in North America.
Gryllus vocalis, the vocal field cricket, is a species of cricket in the subfamily Gryllinae.. It is found in North America.
Epuraea corticina is a species of sap-feeding beetle in the family Nitidulidae. It is found in North America.
Epuraea flavomaculata is a species of sap-feeding beetle in the family Nitidulidae. It is found in North America.
