NITIDULIDAE Latreille, 1807
(pollen and sap beetles)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Aethina tumida
(Small Hive Beetle)
Species 1 ident. refs
Cryptarcha strigata
a pollen or sap beetle
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 		Species 4 images
Cybocephalus fodori
a beetle
Species 1 ident. refs
Cychramus luteus
a pollen or sap beetle
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 8 images
Meligethes
a genus of pollen beetles
Genus 1 ident. refs
Pityophagus ferrugineus
a pollen or sap beetle
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 		Species 4 images
Pocadius adustus
a pollen or sap beetle
Species 1 ident. refs
Pocadius ferrugineus
a pollen or sap beetle
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 		Species 3 images 1 ident. refs
Pria dulcamarae
a pollen or sap beetle
Species 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyNITIDULIDAE (pollen and sap beetles)
SuperfamilyCUCUJOIDEA (a superfamily of beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (Eds.) Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 7 (Clavicornia) Die Käfer Mitteleuropas, Vol 7, Goecke & Evers, Krefeld
Hackston, M. 2009 Key to the British genera of Nitidulidae http://sites.google.com/site/mikesinsectkeys/

Stored Product Pests

Mound, L. (ed) 1989 Common Insects of Stored Products: a guide to their identification Economic Series, No 15, Seventh Edition edition, 68pp, British Museum (Natural History)

NITIDULIDAE (pollen and sap beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for NITIDULIDAE (pollen and sap beetles)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 51 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for NITIDULIDAE (pollen and sap beetles)
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