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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 Myothorax (Carpophilus subgenus Myothorax) » Confused Sap Beetle (Carpophilus mutilatus)

Species Carpophilus mutilatus - Confused Sap Beetle

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Internet References · Works Cited

Carpophilus mutilatus Erichson - Carpophilus mutilatus

Nitidulid of sorts... - Carpophilus mutilatus

Sap Beetle from Pecan Orchard - Carpophilus mutilatus

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 Myothorax)

Species mutilatus (Confused Sap Beetle)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

treated in Parsons (1943)(1) as a syn. of C. dimidiatus but now considered valid

Explanation of Names

Carpophilus mutilatus Erichson 1843

Size

2-3.8 mm(2)

Identification

adult habitus photos: 1, 2

Range

CA, TX, FL-NC - Map (3), widely dist. in TX

native to the Neotropics, now nearly cosmopolitan(4); in our area, recorded in BC(5),

many things have been misidentified as this species, likely Old World origin, but not sure of specifics. --A.R. Cline, pers. comm. to =v= 5.iv.2011)

Internet References

Fact sheet(6)

Works Cited

1.	A revision of Neartic Nitidulidae (Coleoptera) Parsons C.T. 1943. Bull. comp. Zool. 92: 121-278.

2.	Lompe A. (2002‒) Die Käfer Europas: Ein Bestimmungswerk im Internet

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

4.	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.

5.	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.

6.	PaDIL – High quality images and information tools designed for Biosecurity and Biodiversity

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 12 January, 2011 - 8:39am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 21 December, 2021 - 10:14pm

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