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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 » Caplothorax rufus
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Nitidulidae - Caplothorax rufus
Copyright © 2014 Elytron

Nitidulidae - Caplothorax rufus
Scottsbluff, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, USA
June 15, 2013
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Contributed by Elytron on 24 February, 2014 - 9:02pm
Last updated 23 January, 2024 - 3:14pm

Moved
Moved from Caplothorax melanopterus.
… v belov, 23 January, 2024 - 3:14pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Sap-feeding Beetles.
… v belov, 25 February, 2014 - 11:20am login or register to post comments

 
C.
rufus
… Gareth Powell, 18 August, 2022 - 10:28am login or register to post comments

Moved, neat one...hope Gareth gives us a name.
maybe an odd Carpophilus or Epuraea

Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 25 February, 2014 - 9:31am login or register to post comments

 
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I guess it depends, if we are following the idea that Carpophilus rufus is in fact a distinct species (which currently I believe but will delve deeper in soon hopefully). Then all of the somewhat larger C. melanopterus photos with darker bodies but reddish elytra should be moved to that page. Parsons thought that C. rufus may be a subspecies of C. melanopterus but didn't combine the two. That all being said would make this one of those photos and should maybe put under C. rufus. The other difference I know of is more ecological..."rufus is found on cactus blossoms, whereas melanopterus occurs on flowers of yuccae" - (Parsons 1943) ...the range is also somewhat different but definitely overlapping.
… Gareth Powell, 25 February, 2014 - 1:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Blaine!
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… Elytron, 25 February, 2014 - 10:38am login or register to post comments

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