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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Nitidulid series » Sap-feeding Beetles (Nitidulidae) » Epuraeinae » Epuraea » incertae sedis (Epuraea incertae sedis) » Epuraea avara

Species Epuraea avara

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Works Cited
Nitidulid - Epuraea avara Nitidulid - Epuraea avara Epuraea aestiva? - Epuraea avara Nitidulidae - Epuraea avara Epuraea - Epuraea avara Epuraea - Epuraea avara Epuraea avara Epuraea avara - male
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 Epuraeinae
Genus Epuraea
No Taxon (incertae sedis)
Species avara (Epuraea avara)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Epuraea nubila LeConte 1860 • Holotype
Explanation of Names
Epuraea avara (Randall 1838)
Size
2.3‒3.5 mm(1)
Range
transcontinental (NS‒YT‒AK to SC‒IN‒WI‒CA)(2)(1)(3)
Habitat
esp. at sap of maple & birch(4)
Works Cited
1.An annotated checklist of Wisconsin sap and short-winged flower beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae, Kateretidae)
Price M.B., Young D.K. 2006. Insecta Mundi 20: 69‒84.
2.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
3.The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2.
Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.
4.A revision of Neartic Nitidulidae (Coleoptera)
Parsons C.T. 1943. Bull. comp. Zool. 92: 121-278.
Contributed by tom murray on 14 June, 2008 - 8:26am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 3 March, 2024 - 3:00pm

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