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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) » Cryptarchinae » Glischrochilus

Genus Glischrochilus

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Picnic Beetle - Glischrochilus fasciatus 4-spotted Sap Beetle? - Glischrochilus siepmanni mating Sap-feeding Beetles - Glischrochilus fasciatus 4-spotted Sap Beetle - Glischrochilus quadrisignatus Tomato pest - Glischrochilus fasciatus black & cream sap beetle - Glischrochilus vittatus Sap Beetle - Glischrochilus sanguinolentus Rotting Tree Dweller 16 (sap beetle) - Glischrochilus fasciatus
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 Cryptarchinae
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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