Species Carpophilus dimidiatus - Cornsap Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Internet References · Works Cited

sap beetle - Carpophilus dimidiatus - male

sap beetle larva - Carpophilus dimidiatus

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 dimidiatus (Cornsap Beetle)

Explanation of Names

Carpophilus dimidiatus (Fabricius 1792)

Size

1.6-1.8 mm(1); 2.2-3.2 mm(2)

Identification

adult habitus photos: 1, 2

Range

native to the Neotropics(3) (likely Old World tropics -- A.R. Cline, pers. comm. to =v= 5.iv.2011), now almost cosmopolitan(4); all tropical and temperate parts of the world(5); in NA, north to NB-BC(6)

Internet References

Fact sheet (Walker 2008)(1)

Works Cited

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

2.	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.

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.	Manual for identification of quarantine and other important pests of raw materials, stored products, and seed Mordkovich Ya.B., Sokolov E.A. 1999. Kolos, Moscow, 384 pp.

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

6.	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.

Contributed by v belov on 2 February, 2011 - 11:29am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 4 February, 2021 - 11:46pm

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