Afrogethes Canadensis
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''Afrogethes'' is a genus of pollen beetles in the family
Nitidulidae The sap beetles, also known as Nitidulidae, are a family 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 ma ...
. There are at least 2 described species in ''Afrogethes''.


Species

* '' Afrogethes canadensis'' (Easton, 1955) * '' Afrogethes saevus'' (LeConte, 1859)


References

* Audisio, P., A. R. Cline, A. De Biase, G. Antonini, E. Mancini, M. Trizzino, L. Costantini, et al. (2009). "Preliminary re-examination of genus-level taxonomy of the pollen beetle subfamily Meligethinae (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)". ''Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, vol. 49, no. 2'', 341–504.


Further reading

* Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). ''American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea''. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL. * * Richard E. White. (1983). ''Peterson Field Guides: Beetles''. Houghton Mifflin Company.


External links


NCBI Taxonomy Browser, ''Afrogethes''
Nitidulidae {{nitidulidae-stub