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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 Ecnomorphus (Carpophilus subgenus Ecnomorphus) » Carpophilus marginatus

Species Carpophilus marginatus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Internet References · Works Cited
Carpophilus marginatus Nit - Carpophilus marginatus Carpophilus marginatus - male
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 Ecnomorphus)
Species marginatus (Carpophilus marginatus)
Explanation of Names
Carpophilus marginatus Erichson 1843
Size
1.5-2 mm(1)
Range
e US: NY-FL-AL to MI & Lake Superior; OR(1)
Habitat
on freshly cut oak(1)
Season
May-Nov, chiefly Jul(1)
Internet References
adult habitus(2)
Works Cited
1.A revision of Neartic Nitidulidae (Coleoptera)
Parsons C.T. 1943. Bull. comp. Zool. 92: 121-278.
2.Collison C., MacGown J. (2010) Nitidulidae in the Mississippi Entomological Museum
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 2 February, 2011 - 7:12pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 21 June, 2016 - 3:05pm

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