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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Nitidulid series » Sap-feeding Beetles (Nitidulidae) » Nitidulinae » Nitidulini » Nitidula complex » Nitidula » Nitidula carnaria

Species Nitidula carnaria

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Works Cited
Tiny Beetle - Nitidula carnaria Nitidulid - Nitidula carnaria Nitidulid - Nitidula carnaria Nitidulidae - Nitidula carnaria Rotten clam beetle - Nitidula carnaria Nitidulidae - Nitidula carnaria Nitidulidae - Nitidula carnaria Nitidulidae - Nitidula carnaria
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
Species carnaria (Nitidula carnaria)
Explanation of Names
Nitidula carnaria (Schaller 1783)
carnaria = 'of meat/flesh'
Size
1.6-3.2 mm(1)
Range
native to the Palearctic; adventive and well established in NA (A.R. Cline, pers. comm. to =v= 5/21/10)
Works Cited
1.Lompe A. (2002-) Die Käfer Europas: Ein Bestimmungswerk im Internet
Contributed by Boris Büche on 19 June, 2008 - 11:11am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 14 February, 2015 - 10:17pm

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