Nitidula flavomaculata

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Nitidula flavomaculata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Nitidulidae
Tribe: Nitidulini
Genus: Nitidula
Species:
N. flavomaculata
Binomial name
Nitidula flavomaculata
Rossi, 1790
Synonyms [1]
  • Nitidula flexuosa Olivier, 1790

Nitidula flavomaculata is a species of sap-feeding beetle in the family Nitidulidae. [1] [2] [3] It is native to the Mediterranean Region and naturalized in North America. [4] It is associated with later stages of decay in mammalian corpses. [4] [5] It can be used in forensic investigations. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Nitidula flavomaculata". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ↑ "Nitidula flavomaculata". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. 1 2 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. S2CID   84950060.
  4. 1 2 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. PMID   30076465. S2CID   51910844.

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