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''Epuraea'' is a genus of sap-feeding beetles in the family 
''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
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 ...
, first described in 1843 by Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson
Dr Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson (26 November 1809 in Stralsund – 18 December 1848 in Berlin) was a trained medical doctor and a German entomologist.
He was the author of many articles about insects mainly in ''Archiv für Naturgeschichte''. When w ...
. 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.
See also
* List of Epuraea speciesReferences
* 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
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NCBI Taxonomy Browser, ''Epuraea''
Nitidulidae Cucujoidea genera Animals described in 1843 Taxa named by Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson {{Beetle-stub