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Species Nitidula flavomaculata

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Nitidula flavomaculata? - Nitidula flavomaculata

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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