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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
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Carpophilus corticinus
Species
Carpophilus corticinus
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
Carpophilus
No Taxon
(subgenus Ecnomorphus)
Species
corticinus
(Carpophilus corticinus)
Explanation of Names
Carpophilus corticinus
Erichson 1843
Size
2.3-3.4 mm
(
1
)
Range
e US (TX-GA-NY-WI)
(
2
)
(
3
)
(BG data)
Season
Apr-Sep, chiefly Jun
(
2
)
Works Cited
1.
Price M.B., Cira T. (2008) Kateretidae & Nitidulidae of Wisconsin
2.
A revision of Neartic Nitidulidae (Coleoptera)
Parsons C.T. 1943. Bull. comp. Zool. 92: 121-278.
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.
Contributed by
v belov
on 3 May, 2009 - 5:21am
Additional contributions by
Mike Quinn
Last updated 28 July, 2015 - 3:30pm