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Nitidulidae
The sap beetles, also known as Nitidulidae, are a family of beetles. They are small (2–6 mm) ovoid, usually dull-coloured beetles, with knobbed antennae. Some have red or yellow spots or bands. They feed mainly on decaying vegetable matter, over-ripe fruit, and sap. Some sap beetle species coexist with fungi species and live in habitats of coniferous trees. These fungi-dependent beetles are found in all across Europe and Siberia and are the biggest nutudulid species known in those areas. Other species like the Australian ''Chychramptodes murrayi'' are known to feed on scale insects. There are a few pest species, like the strawberry sap beetle that infest crops in Brazil between the months of August and February. Some common sap beetles include: * the picnic beetle, ''Glischrochilus quadrisignatus'' * the dusky sap beetle, ''Carpophilus lugubris'' * the strawberry sap beetle, ''Stelidota geminata'' * the small hive beetle, ''Aethina tumida'' The oldest unambiguou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Small Hive Beetle
''Aethina tumida,'' commonly known as small hive beetle (SHB), is a beekeeping pest. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa, but has spread to many other regions, including North America, Australia, and the Philippines. The small hive beetle primarily lives within the beehive and feeds on pollen, honey and dead bees. The colonization can cause severe damage to honeycomb, stored honey, and pollen. Beetle larvae may tunnel through combs of honey, feeding and defecating, causing discoloration and fermentation of the honey. If a beetle infestation is abundant and concentrated, they may cause bees to abandon their hive. Small hive beetles have shown unique behavior associated with pheromones. They can sense the honeybee's alarm pheromone, which is primarily released by the host to inform the host guards about the presence of invaders. This fitness advantage improves their ability to quickly locate and colonize the honeybee hives. The host has evolved some strategies to cope with the col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Picnic Beetle
''Glischrochilus'' (sometimes misspelled as ''Glisrochilus'') is a genus of sap-feeding and predatory beetles under the family Nitidulidae, subfamily Cryptarchinae. Most members of this genus are commonly known as picnic beetles or beer bugs. Description ''Glischrochilus'' are oblong shiny black beetles with attractive yellow, red, or orange markings on their elytra. Their elytra are short and expose the upper surface of their last abdominal segments, a good way to distinguish them from the superficially similar but generally larger '' Megalodacne'' beetles. They are so similar that some species of ''Glischrochilus'' were once classified along with ''Megalodacne'' under the now reclassified genus '' Ips''. Like other nitulidid beetles, adult ''Glischrochilus'' can be distinguished from other kinds of sap-feeding beetles by their characteristic 11-segmented antennae that end with a 3-segmented ball-like club. ''Glischrochilus'' are among the largest of the nitulidid beetles, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meligethinae
Meligethinae is a subfamily of pollen beetles in the family Nitidulidae The sap beetles, also known as Nitidulidae, are a family of beetles. They are small (2–6 mm) ovoid, usually dull-coloured beetles, with knobbed antennae. Some have red or yellow spots or bands. They feed mainly on decaying vegetable ma .... There are about 6 genera and about 10 described species in Meligethinae. Genera * '' Acanthogethes'' Reitter, 1871 * '' Afrogethes'' Audisio & Cline, 2009 * '' Brassicogethes'' Audisio & Cline, 2009 * '' Fabogethes'' Audisio & Cline, 2009 * '' Genistogethes'' * '' Meligethes'' Stephens, 1830 References * Audisio, P., A. R. Cline, A. De Biase, G. Antonini, E. Mancini, M. Trizzino, L. Costantini, et al. (2009). "Preliminary re-examination of genus-level taxonomy of the pollen beetle subfamily Meligethinae (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)". ''Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, vol. 49, no. 2'', 341–504. * Bouchard, P., Y. Bousquet, A. Davies, M. Alonso-Zar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meligethes
''Meligethes'' is a genus of pollen beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are more than 80 described species in ''Meligethes''. Species These 80 species belong to the genus ''Meligethes'': * '' Meligethes amei'' * '' Meligethes atramentarius'' Förster, 1849 * '' Meligethes atratus'' (Olivier, 1790) * ''Meligethes aurantirugosus'' * '' Meligethes aurifer'' Audisio, Sabatelli & Jelinek, 2015 * '' Meligethes auripilis'' * '' Meligethes auropilosus'' Liu, Yang, Huang, Jelinek & Audisio, 2016 * ''Meligethes aurorugosus'' * '' Meligethes bidens'' Brisout de Barneville, 1863 * '' Meligethes bidentatus'' Brisout de Barneville, 1863 * '' Meligethes binotatus'' Grouvelle, 1894 * ''Meligethes brunnicornis'' Sturm, 1845 * '' Meligethes buyssoni'' Brisout de Barneville, 1882 * '' Meligethes cardaminicola'' Audisio & Cline, 2015 * ''Meligethes chinensis'' * ''Meligethes cinereoargenteus'' Audisio, Sabatelli & Jelinek, 2015 * '' Meligethes coeruleivirens'' Förster, 1849 * '' Meligethes co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carpophilinae
Carpophilinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are at least 70 described species in Carpophilinae. Genera * ''Amphicrossus'' Erichson, 1843 * ''Aphenolia'' Reitter, 1884 * ''Carpophilus'' Stephens, 1830 * ''Caplothorax'' Kirejtshuk, 1997 * ''Epuraea'' Erichson, 1843 * ''Nitops'' Murray, 1864 * ''Urophorus'' Murray, 1864 References * Bouchard, P., Y. Bousquet, A. Davies, M. Alonso-Zarazaga, J. Lawrence, C. Lyal, A. Newton, et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ''ZooKeys, vol. 88'', 1–972. * 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. * Lawrence, J. F., and A. F. Newton Jr. / Pakaluk, James, and Stanislaw Adam Slipinski, eds. (1995). "Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
