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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Nitidulid series » Sap-feeding Beetles (Nitidulidae) » Epuraeinae » Epuraea » Subgenus Haptoncus (Epuraea Subgenus Haptoncus) » Epuraea ocularis

Species Epuraea ocularis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Epuraeinae
Genus Epuraea
No Taxon (Subgenus Haptoncus)
Species ocularis (Epuraea ocularis)
Explanation of Names
Epuraea ocularis Fairmaire 1849
Size
2.0-2.4 mm(1)
Range
s.CA, se US - Map(2), native to tropical Asia(3), now almost cosmopolitan; introduced to NA from the Palaearctic very recently(4)
Habitat
larvae in rotting fruit, adults on flowers or decaying plant matter(5)
Food
mycophagous; manioc, dry fruit(3)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: TX 2010(4), still uncommon
spreads globally with fruit trade, reported established outdoors around the Mediterranean (to so. Germany) and in China(5)
Internet References
Species page(5)
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.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
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.Epuraea (Haptoncus) ocularis Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) recently found in the U.S.A....
Cline A.R., Audisio P. 2011. Coleopterists Bulletin 65: 24-26.
5.Atlas of beetles of Russia
Contributed by v belov on 25 June, 2010 - 2:43pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn
Last updated 4 June, 2024 - 3:12pm

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