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''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. ''Epuraea'' beetles commonly overwinter underneath logs or in soil.
''Epuraea'': images & occurrence data
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NCBI Taxonomy Browser, ''Epuraea''
Nitidulidae Cucujoidea genera Animals described in 1843 Taxa named by Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson {{Beetle-stub
See also
*List of Epuraea species This is a list of species in the genus ''Epuraea''.
''Epuraea'' species
* '' Epuraea adumbrata'' (Mannerheim, 1852)
* '' Epuraea aestiva'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
* '' Epuraea alternans'' Grouvelle, 1912
* '' Epuraea alternata'' Parsons, 1969
* '' Epurae ...
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. * Parsons, Carl T. (1943). "A revision of Nearctic Nitidulidae (Coleoptera)". ''Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, vol. 92, no. 3'', 121–278.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.External links
''Epuraea'': images & occurrence data
from GBIF
NCBI Taxonomy Browser, ''Epuraea''
Nitidulidae Cucujoidea genera Animals described in 1843 Taxa named by Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson {{Beetle-stub