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2019 BugGuide Gathering in Louisiana
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2018 gathering in Virginia
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2015 gathering in Wisconsin
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2014 gathering in Virginia
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Photos of
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2013 gathering in Arizona
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Arthropods (Arthropoda)
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Hexapods (Hexapoda)
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Insects (Insecta)
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Beetles (Coleoptera)
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Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga)
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Series Cucujiformia
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Sap, Bark and Fungus Beetles (Cucujoidea)
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Nitidulid series
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Sap-feeding Beetles (Nitidulidae)
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Carpophilinae
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Carpophilus
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subgenus Carpophilus (Carpophilus subgenus Carpophilus)
»
Carpophilus obsoletus 0 (Carpophilus obsoletus)
Species
Carpophilus obsoletus
- Carpophilus obsoletus 0
Classification
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Explanation of Names
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Size
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Identification
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Range
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Remarks
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Internet References
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Works Cited
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder
Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
No Taxon
(Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily
Cucujoidea (Sap, Bark and Fungus Beetles)
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
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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.
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