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subgenus Ecnomorphus

Carpophilus antiquus another Carpophilus antiquus - Carpophilus antiquus - male Carpophilus antiquus tiny beetle - Carpophilus brachypterus - male - female Belden-J.2021.107 - Carpophilus discoideus Possibly Nitidulidae? - Carpophilus discoideus Nititulidae - Carpophilus discoideus Nitidulidae, dorsal - Carpophilus brachypterus
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 Carpophilinae
Genus Carpophilus
No Taxon subgenus Ecnomorphus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Tribrachys LeConte 1861, Microxanthus Murray 1864(1)
Explanation of Names
Ecnomorphus Motschulsky 1858
Numbers
10 spp. in our area; worldwide, ~50 described and dozens undescribed (Oriental) spp.(1)(2)
Range
worldwide
Works Cited
1.A current generic classification of sap beetles (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae)
Kirejtshuk A.G. 2008. Zoosystematica Rossica 17: 107-122.
2.Four new species of Carpophilus (Ecnomorphus) Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Carpophilinae) from the New World
Powell G.A. 2020. Col. Bull. 74:175-180.
Contributed by v belov on 11 February, 2015 - 9:49pm
Last updated 2 February, 2021 - 7:13pm

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