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Species Nitops pallipennis

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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)
Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 10 April, 2008 - 8:04am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 20 June, 2023 - 1:39pm

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