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Genus Nitidula

Sap-feeding Beetle - Nitidula bipunctata

Nitidulidae, Two-spotted Sap Beetle - Nitidula bipunctata

Nitidula flavomaculata? - Nitidula flavomaculata

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 Nitidulinae

Tribe Nitidulini

No Taxon (Nitidula complex)

Genus Nitidula

Explanation of Names

Nitidula Fabricius 1775

Numbers

6 spp. in our area(1)

Range

worldwide and throughout NA(1)

Habitat

on carrion(1)

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

Contributed by Brad Barnd on 19 May, 2008 - 8:21am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 25 November, 2014 - 10:22pm

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