''Urophorus humeralis'', known generally as the pineapple beetle or yellow-shouldered souring beetle, is a species of
sap-feeding beetle in the family
Nitidulidae. It is found in Africa, North America,
Oceania, Southern Asia, Europe, and temperate Asia.
[ The species is known to be a vector of '' Ceratocystis paradoxa'' in sugarcane in Hawaii, and the beetles are attracted to diseased sugarcane more than healthy sugarcane, with ''Ceratocystis paradoxa'' being more nutritious to ''U. humeralis'' larvae.]
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Nitidulidae
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Beetles described in 1798
Cosmopolitan insects
Insect vectors of plant pathogens
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