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Species Nitidula flavomaculata

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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 Nitidulinae
Tribe Nitidulini
No Taxon (Nitidula complex)
Genus Nitidula
Species flavomaculata (Nitidula flavomaculata)
Explanation of Names
Nitidula flavomaculata Rossi 1790
Size
2.8-5.6 mm(1)
Range
adventive w. of Miss. R. - Map (2)(3), native to w. Palaearctic
Works Cited
1.Lompe A. (2002‒) Die Käfer Europas: Ein Bestimmungswerk im Internet
2.A revision of Neartic Nitidulidae (Coleoptera)
Parsons C.T. 1943. Bull. comp. Zool. 92: 121-278.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by v belov on 8 February, 2011 - 9:23am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 13 November, 2023 - 5:19pm

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