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Imagines and larvae of the new species of the genus Nitops Murray 1864 (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Carpophilinae) from Brazil...
By Kirejtshuk A.G., Kurochkin A.S., Monteiro R.F.
Russian Entomol. J. 16: 301–315, 2007
Full title: Imagines and larvae of the new species of the genus Nitops Murray 1864 (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Carpophilinae) from Brazil and notes on their bionomy
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Carpophiline-ID: an interactive matrix-based key to the carpophiline sap beetles (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae) of Eastern NA
By DiLorenzo, C.L., Powell, G.S., Cline, A.R. & McHugh, J.V.
Zookeys, 2021

Key to adventive sap beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) in Hawaii, with notes on records and habits
By Ewing C.P., Cline A.R.
Col. Bull. 59: 167-183, 2005

The sap-feeding beetles (Col: Nitidulidae) of the George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia, and the District of Columbia
By Chandler D.S. Steury B.W.
Banisteria 57: 67–74, 2023

Notes on North American Nitidulidae, II: Cryptarcha Shuckard
By Parsons, C.T.
Psyche: A Journal of Entomology 45(2-3): 96-100., 1938
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Parsons, C.T. 1938. Notes on North American Nitidulidae, II: Cryptarcha Shuckard. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology 45(2-3): 96-100.

The genus Cryptarcha embraces many species which are found in all parts of the world. The six species occuring in the United States have apparently two origins. Cryptarcha ampla, grandicollis, glabra and strigatula n. sp. are closely related to the numerous Neotropical forms, whereas the smaller concinna and gila n. sp.

Family Nitidulidae.
By Jelínek, J. & Audisio, P.
Apollo Books, 2007
Jelínek, J. & Audisio, P. (2007) Family Nitidulidae. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4. Elateroidea – Derodontoidea – Bostrichoidea – Lymexyloidea – Cleroidea – Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 459–491.

A checklist of the sap beetle (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) fauna of Indiana, with notes on effective trapping methods
By G.S. Powell
Insecta Mundi 2015 (0424): June 5, 2015
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How to identify common nitidulid beetles associated with oak wilt mats in Minnesota
By Cervenka V.J., Skalbeck T.C., Kyhl J.F., Blackford D.C., Juzwik J.J., Seybold S.J.
USDA Forest Service, North Central Research Station, St. Paul, MN. HT-71: 1-16, 2001