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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 » Caplothorax » Dusky Sap Beetle (Caplothorax lugubris)
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Nitidulid - Caplothorax lugubris
Copyright © 2006 Michael Garcia

Nitidulid - Caplothorax lugubris
Brookings, Brookings County, South Dakota, USA
September 18, 2006
Size: 5.2mm
Found under some rotting melons. I'm not so great at identifying nitidulids. Any help would be appreciated.
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Contributed by Michael Garcia on 28 October, 2006 - 4:58pm
Last updated 30 December, 2008 - 9:37pm

Moved
Moved from Carpophilus.
… Charley Eiseman, 30 December, 2008 - 9:37pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Sap-feeding Beetles.
… Charley Eiseman, 2 October, 2008 - 3:16pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Jim McClarin, 23 December, 2006 - 7:30pm login or register to post comments

Carpophilus sayi?
Compare to http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/howtos/ht_nitidulid/nitidulid.htm, has the red shoulders as described
… Michael Garcia, 28 October, 2006 - 8:36pm login or register to post comments

 
not as elongate
The specimen on the site you cite seems to be too wide and compact to be this species. I do think yours looks a lot like one I photographed that's hanging out on the genus page waiting for a species ID.

Andrew Cline, who has IDed many of our nits on bugguide will rarely ID a Carpophilus from a photo. I take it they are a difficult genus.
… Jim McClarin, 28 October, 2006 - 9:30pm login or register to post comments

 
they are tough, but...
i'm sure this one's the same as what is shown in the BG as Carpophilus lugubris
… v belov, 6 October, 2008 - 9:13am login or register to post comments

Carpophilus
Compare.
… Jim McClarin, 28 October, 2006 - 7:14pm login or register to post comments

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