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Genus Fabogethes

Ptiliidae - Fabogethes nigrescens Tiny Black Beetle - Fabogethes nigrescens Sap-feeding beetle (2) - Fabogethes nigrescens Black Pollen Beetle - Fabogethes nigrescens pollen beetle - Fabogethes nigrescens Fabogethes nigrescens Fabogethes nigrescens Fabogethes nigrescens
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 Meligethinae (Pollen Beetles)
Genus Fabogethes
Explanation of Names
Fabogethes Audisio & Cline 2009
Numbers
A single (adventive) species in our area, 9 spp. total(1)
Range
native to the Palaearctic (widespread in Eurasia)(1)
Food
larvae develop in flowers of Fabaceae(1)
Works Cited
1.Preliminary re-examination of genus-level taxonomy of the pollen beetle subfamily Meligethinae (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)
Audisio P., Cline A.R., De Biase A., et al. 2009. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49: 341–504.