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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 matter, over-ripe fruit, and sap. Some sap beetle species coexist with fungi species and live in habitats of coniferous trees. These fungi-dependent beetles are found in all across Europe and Siberia and are the biggest nutudulid species known in those areas. Other species like the Australian ''Chychramptodes murrayi'' are known to feed on scale insects. There are a few pest species, like the strawberry sap beetle that infest crops in Brazil between the months of August and February. Some common sap beetles include: * the picnic beetle, ''Glischrochilus quadrisignatus'' * the dusky sap beetle, ''Carpophilus lugubris'' * the strawberry sap beetle, ''Stelidota geminata'' * the small hive beetle, ''Aethina tumida'' The oldest unambiguou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Small Hive Beetle
''Aethina tumida,'' commonly known as small hive beetle (SHB), is a beekeeping pest. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa, but has spread to many other regions, including North America, Australia, and the Philippines. The small hive beetle primarily lives within the beehive and feeds on pollen, honey and dead bees. The colonization can cause severe damage to honeycomb, stored honey, and pollen. Beetle larvae may tunnel through combs of honey, feeding and defecating, causing discoloration and fermentation of the honey. If a beetle infestation is abundant and concentrated, they may cause bees to abandon their hive. Small hive beetles have shown unique behavior associated with pheromones. They can sense the honeybee's alarm pheromone, which is primarily released by the host to inform the host guards about the presence of invaders. This fitness advantage improves their ability to quickly locate and colonize the honeybee hives. The host has evolved some strategies to cope with the col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Picnic Beetle
''Glischrochilus'' (sometimes misspelled as ''Glisrochilus'') 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. Description ''Glischrochilus'' are oblong shiny black beetles with attractive yellow, red, or orange markings on their elytra. Their elytra are short and expose the upper surface of their last abdominal segments, a good way to distinguish them from the superficially similar but generally larger '' Megalodacne'' beetles. They are so similar that some species of ''Glischrochilus'' were once classified along with ''Megalodacne'' under the now reclassified genus '' Ips''. Like other nitulidid beetles, adult ''Glischrochilus'' can be distinguished from other kinds of sap-feeding beetles by their characteristic 11-segmented antennae that end with a 3-segmented ball-like club. ''Glischrochilus'' are among the largest of the nitulidid beetles, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meligethinae
Meligethinae is a subfamily 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 about 6 genera and about 10 described species in Meligethinae. Genera * '' Acanthogethes'' Reitter, 1871 * '' Afrogethes'' Audisio & Cline, 2009 * '' Brassicogethes'' Audisio & Cline, 2009 * '' Fabogethes'' Audisio & Cline, 2009 * '' Genistogethes'' * '' Meligethes'' Stephens, 1830 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. * Bouchard, P., Y. Bousquet, A. Davies, M. Alonso-Zar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meligethes
''Meligethes'' is a genus of pollen beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are more than 80 described species in ''Meligethes''. Species These 80 species belong to the genus ''Meligethes'': * '' Meligethes amei'' * '' Meligethes atramentarius'' Förster, 1849 * '' Meligethes atratus'' (Olivier, 1790) * ''Meligethes aurantirugosus'' * '' Meligethes aurifer'' Audisio, Sabatelli & Jelinek, 2015 * '' Meligethes auripilis'' * '' Meligethes auropilosus'' Liu, Yang, Huang, Jelinek & Audisio, 2016 * ''Meligethes aurorugosus'' * '' Meligethes bidens'' Brisout de Barneville, 1863 * '' Meligethes bidentatus'' Brisout de Barneville, 1863 * '' Meligethes binotatus'' Grouvelle, 1894 * ''Meligethes brunnicornis'' Sturm, 1845 * '' Meligethes buyssoni'' Brisout de Barneville, 1882 * '' Meligethes cardaminicola'' Audisio & Cline, 2015 * ''Meligethes chinensis'' * ''Meligethes cinereoargenteus'' Audisio, Sabatelli & Jelinek, 2015 * '' Meligethes coeruleivirens'' Förster, 1849 * '' Meligethes co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carpophilinae
Carpophilinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are at least 70 described species in Carpophilinae. Genera * ''Amphicrossus'' Erichson, 1843 * ''Aphenolia'' Reitter, 1884 * ''Carpophilus'' Stephens, 1830 * ''Caplothorax'' Kirejtshuk, 1997 * ''Epuraea'' Erichson, 1843 * ''Nitops'' Murray, 1864 * ''Urophorus'' Murray, 1864 References * Bouchard, P., Y. Bousquet, A. Davies, M. Alonso-Zarazaga, J. Lawrence, C. Lyal, A. Newton, et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ''ZooKeys, vol. 88'', 1–972. * Habeck, Dale H. / Arnett, Ross H. Jr., Michael C. Thomas, Paul E. Skelley, and J. H. Frank, eds. (2002). "Family 77. Nitidulidae Latreille 1802". ''American Beetles, vol. 2: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea'', 311–315. * Lawrence, J. F., and A. F. Newton Jr. / Pakaluk, James, and Stanislaw Adam Slipinski, eds. (1995). "Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miskoramus
''Miskoramus'' is a genus of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae, first described in 1992 by A. G. Kirejtshuk and J. F. Lawrence. The generic name is formed from the surname Misko, in memory of Stefan Misko, an entomologiest at the CSIRO and also a well-known artist and member of Canberra's Ukrainian community. Only one species is described: ''Miskoramus pulcher'', known only from the vicinity of Port Macquarie Port Macquarie, sometimes shortened to Port Mac and commonly locally nicknamed Port, is a coastal city on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia, north of Sydney, and south of Brisbane, on the Tasman Sea coast at the mouth of the ..., New South Wales. Description The body of ''Miskoramus pulcher'' is a shiny reddish-brown and the legs yellowi-red. Little is known of the life-cycle of the beetle, though a related species is a predator of wattle tick scale (''Cryptes baccatus''), and the physical features of ''M. pulcher'' also suggest prot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epuraea
''Epuraea'' is a genus of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae, first described in 1843 by Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson. There are at least 40 described species in ''Epuraea''. Their most notable food source is sap but these beetles also feed on organic matter such as fruits, flowers, fungi, decaying plant tissue, and the tissue of dead animals. Some species occur in bumblebee nests. ''Epuraea'' beetles commonly overwinter underneath logs or in soil. Description According to a key to North American nitidulid genera, ''Epuraea'' has the following combination of features: head vertical, labrum free, prothorax not margined at base, elytra truncate apically to expose only pygidium (and, at most, the posterior edge of the penultimate abdominal tergite), middle and hind tibiae with two rows of small marginal spines on their outer edges, a tarsal formula of 5-5-5 (meaning each tarsus has five segments), and the first three tarsomeres bilobed. See also * List of Epuraea specie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nitidulinae
Nitidulinae is a subfamily of sap-feeding 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 about 17 genera and at least 70 described species in Nitidulinae. Genera These are 17 out of the approximately 110 genera belonging to the subfamily Nitidulinae. References Further reading * * * * * * * * * * * * External links * Nitidulidae {{nitidulidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stelidota Geminata
''Stelidota geminata'', the strawberry sap beetle, is a species of sap-feeding beetle in the family Nitidulidae. It is found in Central America, North America, Oceania, South America, Europe, and temperate Asia. References Further reading * * External links * Nitidulidae Articles created by Qbugbot Beetles described in 1825 {{nitidulidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cychramus
''Cychramus'' is a genus of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are about six described species in ''Cychramus''. Species These six species belong to the genus ''Cychramus'': * ''Cychramus adustus'' Erichson, 1843 * ''Cychramus castaneus'' (Blatchley, 1916) * ''Cychramus luteus'' (Fabricius, 1787) * ''Cychramus variegatoideus'' Hisamatsu, 2008 * ''Cychramus variegatus'' (Herbst, 1792) * ''Cychramus zimmermanni'' Horn, 1879 References Further reading * * External links * Nitidulidae Articles created by Qbugbot {{nitidulidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyllodes
''Cyllodes'' is a genus of sap-feeding 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 about 14 described species in ''Cyllodes''. Species These 14 species belong to the genus ''Cyllodes'': * '' Cyllodes accentus'' Kirejtshuk, 1985 * '' Cyllodes ater'' (Herbst, 1792) * '' Cyllodes bifascies'' (Walker, 1859) * '' Cyllodes biplagiatus'' LeConte, 1866 * '' Cyllodes criptum'' Kirejtshuk, 2005 * '' Cyllodes literatus'' (Reitter, 1878) * '' Cyllodes multimaculatus'' Grouvelle, 1913 * '' Cyllodes nakanei'' Hisamatsu, 1961 * '' Cyllodes pseudoliteratus'' Kirejtshuk, 2005 * '' Cyllodes punctidorsum'' Nakane & Hisamatsu, 1955 * '' Cyllodes quinquemaculatus'' Liu, Yang & Huang, 2016 * '' Cyllodes thomasi'' Cline & Skelley * '' Cyllodes tigrinus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amphotis
''Amphotis'' is a genus of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are about eight described species in ''Amphotis''. Species These eight species belong to the genus ''Amphotis'': * ''Amphotis bella'' Heer, 1847 * ''Amphotis depressa'' Theobald, 1937 * ''Amphotis marginata'' (Fabricius, 1781) * ''Amphotis martini'' C.Brisout de Barneville, 1878 * ''Amphotis oeningensis'' Heer, 1862 * ''Amphotis orientalis'' Reiche, 1861 * ''Amphotis schwarzi'' Ulke, 1887 * ''Amphotis ulkei ''Amphotis'' is a genus of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are about eight described species in ''Amphotis''. Species These eight species belong to the genus ''Amphotis'': * '' Amphotis bella'' Heer, 1847 * '' Amphotis depre ...'' LeConte, 1866 References Further reading * * External links * Nitidulidae Articles created by Qbugbot {{nitidulidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
