Genus Brachypterolus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Remarks · Works Cited

Very Tiny Beetle - Brachypterolus pulicarius

Kateretidae - Brachypterolus pulicarius - Toadflax Flower-eating Beetle? - Brachypterolus pulicarius

Nitidulidae - Colopterus niger? - Sap-feeding beetle - Brachypterolus pulicarius

Nitidulidae - Carpophilus brachypterus? - Sap-feeding beetle - Brachypterolus pulicarius

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 Kateretidae (Short-winged Flower Beetles)

Genus Brachypterolus

Explanation of Names

Brachypterolus Grouvelle 1913

Numbers

A single (adventive) species in our area(1), 8 spp. total(2)

Remarks

One species was inadvertently introduced from Eurasia to North America and found to reduce seed numbers in both invasive toadflax species and disperse without assistance

Works Cited

1.	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.

2.	BioLib.cz

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 2 December, 2005 - 7:12pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 6 January, 2015 - 12:45pm

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