Sap beetle
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Superfamily: | Cucujoidea |
| Family: | Nitidulidae Latreille, 1802 |
The sap beetles are a family (Nitidulidae) of beetles.
They are small (2–6 mm) ovoid, usually dull-coloured beetles, with knobbed antennae. Some have red or yellow spots or bands. They feed mainly on decaying vegetable matter, over-ripe fruit, and sap. There are a few pest species.
Common species include:
- the picnic beetle, Glischrochilus quadrisignatus
- the dusky sap beetle, Carpophilus lugubris
- the strawberry sap beetle, Stelidota geminata
Classification
The family includes these genera:
- Subfamily Calonecrinae Kirejtshuk, 1982
- Subfamily Carpophilinae Erichson, 1842
- Carpophilus Stephens, 1830
- Epuraea Erichson, 1843
- Subfamily Cillaeinae Kirejtshuk & Audisio, 1986
- Cillaeopeplus Sharp, 1908
- Subfamily Cryptarchinae Thomson, 1859
- Cryptarcha Shuckard, 1839
- Glischrochilus Reitter, 1873
- Pityophagus Shuckard, 1839
- Subfamily Cybocephalinae Jacquelin du Val, 1858
- Cybocephalus Erichson, 1844
- Pastillus Endrödy-Younga, 1962
- Subfamily Meligethinae Thomson, 1859
- Meligethes Stephens, 1830
- Pria Stephens, 1830
- Subfamily Nitidulinae Latreille, 1802
- incertae sedis
- Apetinus
- Conotelus
- Cyrtostolus
- Eunitidula
- Eupetinus
- Gonioryctus
- Goniothorax
- Haptoncus
- Kateretes
- Nesapterus
- Nesopetinus
- Notopeplus
- Orthostolus
- Stelidota
- Urophorus
External links
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Wikispecies has information related to: Nitidulidae |
- sap beetles of Florida on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
- Key to the British genera of family Nitidulidae
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