''Nitidula'' 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 more than 20 described species in ''Nitidula''. Some species breed in carrion while others are associated with later stages of decay in mammalian corpses and can be used in forensic investigations (e.g., '' Nitidula carnaria'', '' N. flavomaculata''). Nitidula rufipes

Species

These 23 species belong to the genus ''Nitidula'': * '' Nitidula aemula'' Heer, 1862 * '' Nitidula ancora'' Heer, 1862 * '' Nitidula antarctica'' White, 1846 * '' Nitidula bipunctata'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (two-spotted sap beetle) * '' Nitidula buprestoides'' Weber, 1801 * '' Nitidula carnaria'' (Schaller, 1783) * '' Nitidula convexiuscula'' Mannerheim, 1843 * '' Nitidula dubia'' Gyllenhal, 1808 * '' Nitidula eremita'' Audisio, 1990 * '' Nitidula flavomaculata'' Rossi, 1790 * '' Nitidula lateralis'' White, 1846 * '' Nitidula maculigera'' Heer, 1862 * '' Nitidula melanaria'' Heer, 1847 * '' Nitidula nigra'' Schaeffer, 1911 * '' Nitidula orbiculata'' Gyllenhal, 1808 * '' Nitidula pallida'' Heer, 1862 * '' Nitidula prior'' Scudder, 1900 * '' Nitidula quadriguttata'' * '' Nitidula radobojana'' Heer, 1847 * '' Nitidula robusta'' Meunier, 1922 * '' Nitidula rufipes'' (Linnaeus, 1767) * '' Nitidula sulcata'' Herbst, 1793 * '' Nitidula ziczac'' Say, 1825

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* Nitidulidae Cucujoidea genera Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius Articles created by Qbugbot {{nitidulidae-stub

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