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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

Genus Caplothorax

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Nitidulid - Caplothorax lugubris Sap-Feeding Beetle - Caplothorax melanopterus Carpophilus lugubris - Dusky Sap Beetle - Caplothorax lugubris Carpophilus lugubris? - Caplothorax lugubris Carpophilus lugubris? - Caplothorax lugubris Sap-feeding beetle, Caplothorax melanopterus (Nitidulidae)? - Caplothorax melanopterus Caplothorax? Maybe C. californicus? - Caplothorax Fort Ord-J.2022.14 - Caplothorax lugubris
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 Caplothorax
Explanation of Names
Caplothorax Kirejtshuk 1997
Numbers
2 spp. in our area + several undescribed (Neotropical) species(1)
The species that belong to this new genus are as follows(2):
-Caplothorax brevipennis (Blanchard,1842) comb. nov.
-Caplothorax californicus (Schaeffer, 1911) comb. nov.
-Caplothorax funebris (Sharp, 1889) comb. nov.
-Caplothorax lugubris (Murray, 1864) comb. nov.
-Caplothorax melanopterus (Erichson, 1843) stat. nov.
-Caplothorax rufiventris comb. nov.
-Caplothorax rufus (Murray, 1864) stat. nov.
-Caplothorax sayi (Parsons, 1943) comb. nov.
-Caplothorax similaris (Sharp, 1889) comb. nov.
-Caplothorax viduatus (Sharp, 1889) comb. nov.
-Caplothorax yuccae (Crotch, 1874) comb. nov.
Range
New World(1)
Life Cycle
Caplothorax is associated with several plant lineages but most commonly Yucca (Crotch, 1874; Parsons, 1943), the remaining Carpophilus (Ecnomorphus) have been observed in a variety of flowers and require a more in-depth study attributing specific host information to specific species. (2)
Remarks
Reinstated as a valid genus according to Powell et al. (2020)(2)
Print References
Crotch GR. 1874. Descriptions of new species of Coleoptera from the Pacific coast of the United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 5: 73–80.
Parsons CT. 1943. A revision of nearctic Nitidulidae (Coleoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 92: 121–273.
Works Cited
1.On the evolution of anthophilous Nitidulidae (Coleoptera) in tropical and subtropical regions
Kirejtshuk A.G. 1997. Bonn. zool. Beitr. 47: 111—134.
2.Phylogeny and reclassification of Carpophilinae (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), with insights into the origins of anthophily
Powell, G.S., Cline, A.R., Duffy, A.G. & Zaspel, J.M. 2020. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
Contributed by v belov on 11 February, 2015 - 9:55pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, LudoL
Last updated 24 May, 2024 - 6:26pm

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