Sap beetle

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Sap beetle
Temporal range: Aptian–Recent
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Ipidia binotata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Cucujoidea
Family: Nitidulidae
Latreille, 1802

The sap beetles, also known as Nitidulidae, are a family of beetles.

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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. Sap beetles coexist with fungi species and live in habitats of coniferous trees. They are found all across Europe and Siberia and are the biggest nutudulid species known in those areas. [1] There are a few pest species. An example of a pest species is the strawberry sap beetle that infest crops in Brazil between the months of August and February. [2]

The oldest unambiguous fossils of the family date to the Early Cretaceous, belonging to the genus Crepuraea from the Aptian aged Zaza Formation of Russia. [3]

Classification

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Carpophilus dimidiatus

The family includes these genera:[ citation needed ]

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<i>Glischrochilus</i> Genus of beetles

Glischrochilus is a genus of sap-feeding and predatory beetles under the family Nitidulidae, subfamily Cryptarchinae. Most members of this genus are commonly known as picnic beetles or beer bugs.

<i>Omosita</i> Genus of beetles

Omosita is a genus of sap beetles, erected by Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson in 1843.

<i>Cybocephalus</i> Genus of beetles

Cybocephalus is a genus of beetles in the family Cybocephalidae, previously belonging to the subfamily Cybocephalinae of the family Nitidulidae, and comprising over 200 described species.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aleocharinae</span> Subfamily of beetles

The Aleocharinae are one of the largest subfamilies of rove beetles, containing over 12,000 species. Previously subject to large-scale debate whether the subfamily deserved the familial status, it is now considered one of the largest subfamilies of rove beetles.

<i>Cryptarcha</i> Genus of beetles

Cryptarcha is a genus of sap beetles, insects in the family Nitidulidae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carpophilinae</span> Subfamily of beetles

Carpophilinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are at least 70 described species in Carpophilinae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Meligethinae</span> Subfamily of beetles

Meligethinae is a subfamily of pollen beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are about 6 genera and about 10 described species in Meligethinae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nitidulinae</span> Subfamily of beetles

Nitidulinae is a subfamily of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are about 17 genera and at least 70 described species in Nitidulinae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cryptarchinae</span> Subfamily of beetles

Cryptarchinae is a subfamily of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are at least 3 genera and about 17 described species in Cryptarchinae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nitidulini</span> Tribe of beetles

Nitidulini is a tribe of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are about 10 genera and at least 20 described species in Nitidulini.

<i>Meligethes</i> Genus of beetles

Meligethes is a genus of pollen beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are more than 80 described species in Meligethes.

Pocadius fulvipennis is a species of sap-feeding beetle in the family Nitidulidae. It is found in Central America and North America.

<i>Pocadius</i> Genus of beetles

Pocadius is a genus of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are about nine described species in Pocadius.

<i>Amphicrossus</i> Genus of beetles

Amphicrossus is a genus of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are about nine described species in Amphicrossus.

Fabogethes is a genus of pollen beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are at least two described species in Fabogethes.

<i>Stelidota</i> Genus of beetles

Stelidota is a genus of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are about 15 described species in Stelidota.

Pocadius helvolus, the hairy puffball beetle, is a species of sap-feeding beetle in the family Nitidulidae. It is found in Central America and North America.

<i>Aethina</i>

Aethina is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Nitidulidae.

References

  1. ↑ Audisio, P., Cline, A., Mancini, E., Trizzino, M., Clayhills, T., Cline, A., & Sabatelli, S. (2016).
  2. ↑ Moliterno, A., Martins, C., Szczerbowski, D., Zawadneak, M., & Zarbin, P. (2017). The Male Produced Aggregation Pheromone of a Strawberry Sap Beetle, Lobiopa insularis (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae). Journal Of Chemical Ecology, 43(6), 550-556. doi: 10.1007/s10886-017-0851-y
  3. ↑ KIREJTSHUK, ALEXANDER G.; NEL, ANDRE (2018-03-27). "Nitidulidae (Coleoptera) from the Paleocene of Menat (France)". Zootaxa. 4402 (1): 1–41. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4402.1.1. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   29690276.


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