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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Nitidulid series » Short-winged Flower Beetles (Kateretidae) » Brachypterus » Nettle Pollen Beetle (Brachypterus urticae)

Species Brachypterus urticae - Nettle Pollen Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
little brown beetles on stinging nettles - Brachypterus urticae Brachypterus urticae Brachypterus urticae Kateretidae, dorsal - Brachypterus urticae Kateretidae, ventral - Brachypterus urticae Seed beetles(?) on nettles - Brachypterus urticae Nitidulidae, on Great Indian Plantain - Brachypterus urticae Nitidulidae, lateral - Brachypterus urticae
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 Kateretidae (Short-winged Flower Beetles)
Genus Brachypterus
Species urticae (Nettle Pollen Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Brachypterus urticae (Fabricius 1792)
Range
native to the Palaearctic, adventive and widespread in NA (NF-AK to NC-MO-CO-CA)(1)
Food
host: Urtica dioica(1)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: before 1879(1)
Works Cited
1.Nitidulidae and Kateretidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada 1: New records from Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island...
Majka C.G., Cline A.R. 2006. The Canadian Entomologist 138: 314-332.
Contributed by v belov on 3 July, 2011 - 4:47am
Last updated 6 January, 2015 - 11:59am

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