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The genus Stelidota Erichson in North America: a new species from Florida, new synonymy and lectotype designations...
By Ford E.J.
Col. Bull. 50: 149-153, 1996

Review of the Thalycra complex (Coleoptera: Nitidulinae) with three new genera and notes on mycophagy
By A. G. Kirejtshuk and R. A. B. Leschen
Annales Zoologici 48(3/4):253-273, 1998

The sap-feeding beetles (Col: Nitidulidae) of the George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia, and the District of Columbia
By Chandler D.S. Steury B.W.
Banisteria 57: 67–74, 2023

Notes on North American Nitidulidae, II: Cryptarcha Shuckard
By Parsons, C.T.
Psyche: A Journal of Entomology 45(2-3): 96-100., 1938
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Parsons, C.T. 1938. Notes on North American Nitidulidae, II: Cryptarcha Shuckard. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology 45(2-3): 96-100.

The genus Cryptarcha embraces many species which are found in all parts of the world. The six species occuring in the United States have apparently two origins. Cryptarcha ampla, grandicollis, glabra and strigatula n. sp. are closely related to the numerous Neotropical forms, whereas the smaller concinna and gila n. sp.

Family Nitidulidae.
By Jelínek, J. & Audisio, P.
Apollo Books, 2007
Jelínek, J. & Audisio, P. (2007) Family Nitidulidae. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4. Elateroidea – Derodontoidea – Bostrichoidea – Lymexyloidea – Cleroidea – Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 459–491.

A checklist of the sap beetle (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) fauna of Indiana, with notes on effective trapping methods
By G.S. Powell
Insecta Mundi 2015 (0424): June 5, 2015
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How to identify common nitidulid beetles associated with oak wilt mats in Minnesota
By Cervenka V.J., Skalbeck T.C., Kyhl J.F., Blackford D.C., Juzwik J.J., Seybold S.J.
USDA Forest Service, North Central Research Station, St. Paul, MN. HT-71: 1-16, 2001

Molecular phylogeny of Nitidulidae: assessment of subfamilial and tribal classification...
By Cline A.R., Smith T.R., Miller K., Moulton M., Whiting M., Audisio P.
Systematic Entomology 39: 758–772, 2014
Full title: Molecular phylogeny of Nitidulidae: assessment of subfamilial and tribal classification and formalization of the family Cybocephalidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)

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