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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Nitidulid series » Sap-feeding Beetles (Nitidulidae) » Nitidulinae » Nitidulini » Soronia complex » Lobiopa » Lobiopa insularis

Species Lobiopa insularis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Works Cited
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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 Nitidulinae
Tribe Nitidulini
No Taxon (Soronia complex)
Genus Lobiopa
Species insularis (Lobiopa insularis)
Explanation of Names
Lobiopa insularis (Laporte 1840)
the epithet refers to the island, Cuba, where the species was originally found(1)
Size
5.0-6.5 mm(2)
Identification
highly variable(1)
Range
se. US (VA-FL to OK-TX) to S. America; W. Indies - Map (2)(3)
Food
Larvae in rotting fruit
Print References
Przewoźny L.A. (2009) Lobiopa insularis (Castelnau, 1840) (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Nitidulinae) – an introduced beetle species new for the Palaearctic fauna. Pol. J. Entomol. 78: 347-350. Full text
Works Cited
1.A revision of Neartic Nitidulidae (Coleoptera)
Parsons C.T. 1943. Bull. comp. Zool. 92: 121-278.
2.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 16 August, 2006 - 9:25pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 2 July, 2022 - 11:15am

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