Nitidula

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Nitidula
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Nitidula bipunctata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Nitidulidae
Subfamily: Nitidulinae
Tribe: Nitidulini
Genus: Nitidula
Fabricius, 1775

Nitidula is a genus of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are more than 20 described species in Nitidula. [1] [2] [3] Some species breed in carrion while others are associated with later stages of decay in mammalian corpses [4] and can be used in forensic investigations (e.g., Nitidula carnaria , N. flavomaculata ). [5]

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Nitidula rufipes

Species

These 23 species belong to the genus Nitidula:

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<i>Lobiopa</i> Genus of beetles

Lobiopa is a genus of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are about seven described species in Lobiopa.

Nitidula ziczac is a species of sap-feeding beetle in the family Nitidulidae. It is found in Central America and North America.

Nitidula flavomaculata is a species of sap-feeding beetle in the family Nitidulidae. It is native to the Mediterranean Region and naturalized in North America. It is associated with later stages of decay in mammalian corpses. It can be used in forensic investigations.

<i>Pityophagus</i> Genus of beetles

Pityophagus is a genus of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are about six described species in Pityophagus.

<i>Nitidula bipunctata</i> Species of beetle

Nitidula bipunctata, the two-spotted sap beetle, is a species of sap-feeding beetle in the family Nitidulidae. It is found in Europe and Northern Asia and North America.

Psilopyga is a genus of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are at least four described species in Psilopyga.

Prometopia is a genus of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are about five described species in Prometopia.

<i>Soronia</i> Genus of beetles

Soronia is a genus of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are about 14 described species in Soronia.

<i>Urophorus</i> Genus of beetles

Urophorus is a genus of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are at least two described species in Urophorus.

<i>Brachypterolus</i> Genus of beetles

Brachypterolus is a genus of short-winged flower beetles in the family Kateretidae. There are about six described species in Brachypterolus.

Nitidula nigra is a species of sap-feeding beetle in the family Nitidulidae. It is found in North America.

Fabogethes is a genus of pollen beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are at least two described species in Fabogethes.

<i>Nitidula rufipes</i> Species of beetle

Nitidula rufipes is a species of sap-feeding beetle in the family Nitidulidae. It is found in Europe and Northern Asia and North America.

<i>Stelidota</i> Genus of beetles

Stelidota is a genus of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are about 15 described species in Stelidota.

<i>Thalycra</i> Genus of beetles

Thalycra is a genus of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are at least 20 described species in Thalycra.

<i>Heterhelus</i> Genus of beetles

Heterhelus is a genus of short-winged flower beetles in the family Kateretidae. There are at least four described species in Heterhelus.

<i>Amphotis</i> Genus of beetles

Amphotis is a genus of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are about eight described species in Amphotis.

Epuraea flavomaculata is a species of sap-feeding beetle in the family Nitidulidae. It is found in North America.

References

  1. ↑ "Nitidula". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ↑ "Nitidula". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ↑ Sims, George G. & Fothergill, Kent (2014). "Recent occurrences of Nitidula flavomaculata Rossi (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) in the interior of the United States". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 68 (3): 624–627. doi:10.1649/072.068.0329.
  4. ↑ Díaz-Aranda, Luisa M.; Martín-Vega, Daniel; Baz, Arturo & Cifrián, Blanca (2018). "Larval identification key to necrophagous Coleoptera of medico-legal importance in the western Palaearctic". International Journal of Legal Medicine. 132 (6): 1795–1804. doi:10.1007/s00414-018-1909-2.

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