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Subfamily Epuraeinae

sap beetle - Epuraea corticina - female Beetle - Epuraea peltoides Sap-feeding Beetle - Epuraea lengi Red Beetle - Epuraea rufa Flared Neck Beetle - Epuraea rufa nitidulid - Epuraea rufa Epuraea swept from vegetation  - Epuraea avara Onion Valley-J.2024.02 - Epuraea aestiva
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 Epuraeinae
Explanation of Names
Epuraeinae Kirejtshuk 1986
Numbers
a single genus in our area, ~20 genera in 2 tribes worldwide(1)
Works Cited
1.A current generic classification of sap beetles (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae)
Kirejtshuk A.G. 2008. Zoosystematica Rossica 17: 107-122.