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Genus Caplothorax

Yucca nits - Caplothorax melanopterus Carpophilus lugubris? - Caplothorax lugubris Carpophilus species - possibly lugubris?? - Caplothorax lugubris Nitidulid-2 - Caplothorax californicus Carpophilus melanopterus - Caplothorax melanopterus Yucca Beetle - Caplothorax melanopterus Carpophilus sp.? - Caplothorax lugubris Carpophilus lugubris? - Caplothorax lugubris
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cucujoidea
No Taxon (Nitidulid series)
Family Nitidulidae (Sap-feeding Beetles)
Subfamily Carpophilinae
Genus Caplothorax
Explanation of Names
Caplothorax Kirejtshuk 1997
Numbers
2 spp. in our area + several undescribed (Neotropical) species(1)
The species that belong to this new genus are as follows(2):
-Caplothorax brevipennis (Blanchard,1842) comb. nov.
-Caplothorax californicus (Schaeffer, 1911) comb. nov.
-Caplothorax funebris (Sharp, 1889) comb. nov.
-Caplothorax lugubris (Murray, 1864) comb. nov.
-Caplothorax melanopterus (Erichson, 1843) stat. nov.
-Caplothorax rufiventris comb. nov.
-Caplothorax rufus (Murray, 1864) stat. nov.
-Caplothorax sayi (Parsons, 1943) comb. nov.
-Caplothorax similaris (Sharp, 1889) comb. nov.
-Caplothorax viduatus (Sharp, 1889) comb. nov.
-Caplothorax yuccae (Crotch, 1874) comb. nov.
Range
New World(1)
Remarks
Reinstated as a valid genus according to Powell et al. (2020)(2)
Works Cited
1.On the evolution of anthophilous Nitidulidae (Coleoptera) in tropical and subtropical regions
Kirejtshuk A.G. 1997. Bonn. zool. Beitr. 47: 111—134.
2.Phylogeny and reclassification of Carpophilinae (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), with insights into the origins of anthophily
Powell, G.S., Cline, A.R., Duffy, A.G. & Zaspel, J.M. 2020. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.