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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 » Urophorus » Pineapple Beetle (Urophorus humeralis)

Species Urophorus humeralis - Pineapple Beetle

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Works Cited

Sap-feeding Beetle - Urophorus humeralis

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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 Urophorus

Species humeralis (Pineapple Beetle)

Other Common Names

Pineapple Bug, Yellow-shouldered Souring Beetle, Pineapple Souring Beetle

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Carpophilus humeralis

Explanation of Names

Urophorus humeralis (Fabricius 1798)

Size

3.0-4.5 mm(1); one of the largest nitidulids attacking dried fruit(2)

Identification

adult habitus photos: 1, 2

Range

native to tropical Asia, now almost cosmopolitan(3); in our area, so. US(4)

Food

dried fruit & vegetables(3)

Remarks

considered an agricultural pest in many warmer parts of the world; feeds on ripe fruit, transmits plant disease, and contaminates commercial products

the most common nitidulid in sugarcane fields where it feeds on wounds created by other insects (but it's not considered a pest of cane); attacks a wide variety of fruits and grains(1)

Works Cited

1.	Key to adventive sap beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) in Hawaii, with notes on records and habits Ewing C.P., Cline A.R. 2005. Col. Bull. 59: 167-183.

2.	Handbook of urban insects and arachnids: A handbook of urban entomology Robinson W.H. 2005. Cambridge University Press.

3.	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.

4.	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 v belov on 3 May, 2009 - 4:54am
Last updated 8 December, 2016 - 7:39pm

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