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Species Brassicogethes simplipes

Tiny Flower Beetle - Brassicogethes simplipes

Sap-feeding Beetle - Brassicogethes simplipes

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 Meligethinae (Pollen Beetles)

Genus Brassicogethes

Species simplipes (Brassicogethes simplipes)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Meligethes simplipes Easton 1947

Explanation of Names

Brassicogethes simplipes (Easton)

Range

ne. NA (NS-ON south to TN-OH)(1)

Habitat

open habitats and forests(1)

Works Cited

1.	Nitidulidae and Kateretidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada 1: New records from Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island... Majka C.G., Cline A.R. 2006. The Canadian Entomologist 138: 314-332.

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 31 March, 2007 - 9:38am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, v belov
Last updated 25 November, 2021 - 5:20pm

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