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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 » Caplothorax » Dusky Sap Beetle (Caplothorax lugubris)

Species Caplothorax lugubris - Dusky Sap Beetle

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Nitidulid series » Sap-feeding Beetles (Nitidulidae) » Carpophilinae » Caplothorax

Phylogeny and reclassification of Carpophilinae (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), with insights into the origins of anthophily

By Powell, G.S., Cline, A.R., Duffy, A.G. & Zaspel, J.M
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2020

PDF available here: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/189/4/1359/5810333

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Carpophiline-ID: an interactive matrix-based key to the carpophiline sap beetles (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae) of Eastern NA

By DiLorenzo, C.L., Powell, G.S., Cline, A.R. & McHugh, J.V.
Zookeys, 2021

PDF available here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8044068/

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Contributed by Ludovic L. on 7 February, 2023 - 7:36pm

Key to adventive sap beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) in Hawaii, with notes on records and habits

By Ewing C.P., Cline A.R.
Col. Bull. 59: 167-183, 2005

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Contributed by v belov on 12 February, 2015 - 8:29am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Nitidulid series » Sap-feeding Beetles (Nitidulidae)

The sap-feeding beetles (Col: Nitidulidae) of the George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia, and the District of Columbia

By Chandler D.S. Steury B.W.
Banisteria 57: 67–74, 2023

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Contributed by v belov on 28 November, 2023 - 7:58pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Nitidulid series » Sap-feeding Beetles (Nitidulidae)

Notes on North American Nitidulidae, II: Cryptarcha Shuckard

By Parsons, C.T.
Psyche: A Journal of Entomology 45(2-3): 96-100., 1938

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Parsons, C.T. 1938. Notes on North American Nitidulidae, II: Cryptarcha Shuckard. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology 45(2-3): 96-100.

The genus Cryptarcha embraces many species which are found in all parts of the world. The six species occuring in the United States have apparently two origins. Cryptarcha ampla, grandicollis, glabra and strigatula n. sp. are closely related to the numerous Neotropical forms, whereas the smaller concinna and gila n. sp.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 27 November, 2023 - 11:01am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Nitidulid series » Sap-feeding Beetles (Nitidulidae)

Family Nitidulidae.

By Jelínek, J. & Audisio, P.
Apollo Books, 2007

Jelínek, J. & Audisio, P. (2007) Family Nitidulidae. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4. Elateroidea – Derodontoidea – Bostrichoidea – Lymexyloidea – Cleroidea – Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 459–491.

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Contributed by Ludovic L. on 8 February, 2023 - 8:49am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Nitidulid series » Sap-feeding Beetles (Nitidulidae)

A checklist of the sap beetle (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) fauna of Indiana, with notes on effective trapping methods

By G.S. Powell
Insecta Mundi 2015 (0424): June 5, 2015

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Contributed by Brad Barnd on 5 June, 2015 - 9:00pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Nitidulid series » Sap-feeding Beetles (Nitidulidae)

How to identify common nitidulid beetles associated with oak wilt mats in Minnesota

By Cervenka V.J., Skalbeck T.C., Kyhl J.F., Blackford D.C., Juzwik J.J., Seybold S.J.
USDA Forest Service, North Central Research Station, St. Paul, MN. HT-71: 1-16, 2001

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Contributed by v belov on 12 February, 2015 - 5:10pm

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