Genus Stelidota

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Print References · Works Cited

firewood nitidulid - Stelidota octomaculata

Honey, look what crawled out of my orange, take 1 - Stelidota

Strawberry Sap Beetle - Stelidota geminata

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Cucujoidea (Flower, Flat Bark and Ladybird Beetles)

Family Nitidulidae (Sap-feeding Beetles)

Subfamily Nitidulinae

Genus Stelidota

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Author: Erichson, 1843

Formerly Nitidula

Explanation of Names

Stelid is Greek for pillar (1)

Numbers

Four spp. (2). Nearctica lists:

Stelidota ferruginea Reitter, 1873

Stelidota geminata Say, 1825

Stelidota octomaculata Say, 1825

Stelidota strigosa Gyllenhal, 1808

Range

Eastern US to Arizona (2)

Print References

Ford, E. J. 1996. The genus Stelidota Erichson in North America: a new species from Florida, new synonymy and lectotype designations (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae). Coleopterist Bulletin. 50(2): 149-153.

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms By Donald J. Borror

2.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 17 November, 2005 - 8:42pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, onegunah
Last updated 15 January, 2010 - 3:21pm

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