Nitidulidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cucujoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Superfamilia: Cucujoidea

Familia: Nitidulidae
Subfamiliae (10): Amphicrossinae – Calonecrinae – Carpophilinae – Cillaeinae – Cryptarchinae – Epuraeinae – Maynipeplinae – Meligethinae – Nitidulinae – Prometopinae

Source(s) of checklist:
Checklist based uncritically on Cline et al., 2014

Overview of genera

Cryptarcha – Krakingus – Prioschema – †Menatoraea – †Miophenolia – †Nitoraeopsis – †Oligamphotis – †Palaeolycra – Soronia – ...

Name

Nitidulidae Latreille, 1802

References

• Cline, A.R., Smith, T.R., Miller, K., Moulton, M., Whiting, M. & Audisio, P. 2014. Molecular phylogeny of Nitidulidae: assessment of subfamilial and tribal classification and formalization of the family Cybocephalidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea). Systematic Entomology 39(4): 758–772. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12084 . Reference page. 
• Jelínek, J.; Carlton, C.; Cline, A.R.; Leschen, R.A.B. 2010: 10.26. Nitidulidae Latreille, 1802. Pp. 390-407 in: Leschen, R.A.B.; Beutel, R.G.; Lawrence, J.F. (volume eds.) Coleoptera, beetles. Volume 2: Morphology and systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim). In: Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of zoology. A natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3110190753 ISBN 9783110190755
• Jelínek, J.; Audisio, P. 2009: The Kateretidae, Nitidulidae and Monotomidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) described by Gistel (1856, 1857): new synonymies and type designations. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49(1): 225–238. PDF Reference page. 
• Kirejtshuk, A.G. 2008: A current generic classification of sap beetles (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 17: 107–122. PDF
• Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Nel, A. 2018. Nitidulidae (Coleoptera) from the Paleocene of Menat (France). Zootaxa 4402(1): 1–41. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4402.1.1 Reference page. 
• Lasoń, A.; Ghahari, H. 2013: A checklist of the Kateretidae and Nitidulidae of Iran (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea). Zootaxa 3746(1): 101–122. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3746.1.4 Reference page. 
• Latreille, P.A. 1802: Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. Tome 3. F. Dufart, Paris. Internet Archive BHL
• I.Löbl & A.Smetana (eds). 2007 Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4: Elateroidea, Derodontoidea, Bostrichoidea, Lymexyloidea, Cleroidea and Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark ISBN 87-88757-67-6, p. 459
• Reed, S.E., Dutkiewicz, D., Fiona Ross, Llewellyn, J. & Fraser, H. 2023. New records of Nitidulidae (Nitidulidae, Coleoptera) species in Canada, Ontario, and Manitoba. Zookeys 1156ː 33–52. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1156.94589 Reference page. 

Links

• Australian Faunal Directory [stub]
• Cybocephalidae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
• Nitidulidae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD

Vernacular names

беларуская: Блішчанкі
Deutsch: Glanzkäfer
English: sap beetles
suomi: Kiiltokuoriaiset
français: Nitidule
日本語: ケシキスイ科
한국어: 밑빠진벌레과
lietuvių: Žvilgvabaliai
norsk: Glansbiller
русский: Блестянки
українська: Блищанкові
中文: 出尾蟲科

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