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''Brachypeplus'' is a genus of sap-feeding beetles in the family
Nitidulidae The sap beetles, also known as Nitidulidae, are a family (biology), family of beetles. They are small (2–6 mm) ovoid, usually dull-coloured beetles, with knobbed antenna (biology), antennae. Some have red or yellow spots or bands. They fe ...
. There are at least 2 described species in ''Brachypeplus''.


Species

* '' Brachypeplus glaber'' LeConte, 1878 * '' Brachypeplus habecki''


References

* 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.


Further reading

* Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). ''American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea''. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida . * * Richard E. White. (1983). ''Peterson Field Guides: Beetles''. Houghton Mifflin Company. Nitidulidae {{nitidulidae-stub