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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 » Carpophilus » subgenus Carpophilus (Carpophilus subgenus Carpophilus) » Carpophilus obsoletus 0 (Carpophilus obsoletus)

Species Carpophilus obsoletus - Carpophilus obsoletus 0

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
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 Carpophilus)
Species obsoletus (Carpophilus obsoletus 0)
Explanation of Names
Carpophilus obsoletus Erichson 1843
Size
2.3‒4.5 mm(1)
Identification
adult habitus photos: 1 • 2 • 3
Range
native to tropical Asia(2), now almost cosmopolitan(3), adventive in our area, apparently from Asia(4)
Remarks
a major pest of various dry agricultural products(3)
Internet References
Fact sheet(5)
Works Cited
1.Lompe A. (2002-) Die Käfer Europas: Ein Bestimmungswerk im Internet
2.Coleoptera families other than Cerambycidae, Curculionidae sensu lato, Chrysomelidae sensu lato and Coccinelidae -- Chapter 8.5
Denux O., Zagatti P. 2010. BioRisk 4: 315–406.
3.Manual for identification of quarantine and other important pests of raw materials, stored products, and seed
Mordkovich Ya.B., Sokolov E.A. 1999. Kolos, Moscow, 384 pp.
4.A revision of Neartic Nitidulidae (Coleoptera)
Parsons C.T. 1943. Bull. comp. Zool. 92: 121-278.
5.PaDIL – High quality images and information tools designed for Biosecurity and Biodiversity
Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 10 February, 2008 - 9:59pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 5 December, 2023 - 12:56pm

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