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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Flower, Flat Bark and Ladybird Beetles (Cucujoidea) » Sap-feeding Beetles (Nitidulidae) » Glischrochilus

Genus Glischrochilus

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Four-spotted Sap Beetle - Glischrochilus quadrisignatus Four-spotted Sap Beetle - Glischrochilus quadrisignatus 4-spotted Sap Beetle - Glischrochilus quadrisignatus Small Beetle - Glischrochilus quadrisignatus black & cream sap beetle - Glischrochilus vittatus Sap-feeding Beetle - Glischrochilus fasciatus small beetle - Glischrochilus vittatus Glischrochilus confluentus (Say) - Glischrochilus confluentus - female
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)
Genus Glischrochilus
Explanation of Names
Author of genus is Reitter, 1873. Apparently from Greek glischro, meaning sticky, plus chilus (alt. cheilus), meaning lip (Internet searches).
Numbers
Neartica lists 9 North American species.
Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 2 November, 2004 - 10:06pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 10 January, 2007 - 3:16am

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