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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 » Carpophilus » subgenus Semocarpolus (Carpophilus subgenus Semocarpolus) » Carpophilus marginellus

Species Carpophilus marginellus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Carpophilus marginellus Motschulsky - Carpophilus marginellus Carpophilus - Carpophilus marginellus beetle - Carpophilus marginellus beetle - Carpophilus marginellus Carpophilus sp. - Carpophilus marginellus Carpophilus sp. - Carpophilus marginellus Carpophilus sp. - Carpophilus marginellus Nitidulid? - Carpophilus marginellus
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 Semocarpolus)
Species marginellus (Carpophilus marginellus)
Explanation of Names
Carpophilus marginellus Motschulsky 1858
Size
2.6-3.5 mm(1)
Range
native to SE. Asia, now almost cosmopolitan; throughout the US and se. Canada (NS-SK)(2)(3)
Remarks
pest of whole and milled grains(4)
Internet References
Fact sheet (Walker 2007)(1)
Works Cited
1.PaDIL – High quality images and information tools designed for Biosecurity and Biodiversity
2.New records of Nitidulidae and Kateretidae (Coleoptera) from New Brunswick, Canada
Majka C.G., Webster R., Cline A.R. 2008. ZooKeys 2: 337-356.
3.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
4.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.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 5 November, 2010 - 7:31pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 12 February, 2015 - 8:58am

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