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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Nitidulid series » Sap-feeding Beetles (Nitidulidae) » Carpophilinae » Carpophilus » subgenus Plapennipolus (Carpophilus subgenus Plapennipolus)

subgenus Plapennipolus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Works Cited
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 Carpophilus
No Taxon subgenus Plapennipolus
Explanation of Names
Plapennipolus Kirejtshuk 1997
Numbers
2 spp., both in our area: C. yuccae (Crotch 1874), C. rufiventris Schaeffer 1911(1)
Size
4.5-6.2 mm(2)
Identification
distinctive in having a strongly flattened body with rather wide elytra and abdomen (similar to some Colopterus) and rather loose, elongate antennal club(1)
Range
Nearctic(1), restricted to sw. US (CA-TX)(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.A revision of Neartic Nitidulidae (Coleoptera)
Parsons C.T. 1943. Bull. comp. Zool. 92: 121-278.
Contributed by v belov on 12 February, 2015 - 12:23pm

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