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Species Nitops pallipennis

nitidulid - Nitops pallipennis Beetle - Nitops pallipennis Nitidulid - Nitops pallipennis Nitidulid on Fishhook barrel cactus flowers (yellow) - Nitops pallipennis Tiny Yucca Beetle - Nitops pallipennis Might be Carpophilus sp. - Nitops pallipennis Carpophilinae? - Nitops pallipennis Carpophilus subgenus Myothorax ? - Nitops pallipennis
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 Nitops
No Taxon (subgenus Urocarpolus)
Species pallipennis (Nitops pallipennis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Carpophilus pallipennis (Say 1823)
Explanation of Names
Nitops pallipennis (Say 1823)
pallipennis 'pale-winged'
Size
2.5-4 mm(1)
Range
widely dist. in w. NA, FL (BC-CA-Baja to SK-SD-TX, FL) - Map (2)(1)(3)
Habitat
Can be common in cactus flowers
Season
Mar-Jul(1)
Works Cited
1.A revision of Neartic Nitidulidae (Coleoptera)
Parsons C.T. 1943. Bull. comp. Zool. 92: 121-278.
2.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)