Carpophilus (Myothorax) nepos (Nitidulidae: Carpophilini) - Atlas of dried fruit beetles of Russia

А.G. Kirejtshuk, А. Gеrrmаnn

          Family Nitidulidae (Atlas of dried fruit beetles of Russia)
       Tribe Carpophilini Erichson, 1843
    Genus Carpophilus Stephens, 1829
Subgenus Myothorax Murray, 1864

Carpophilus (Myothorax) nepos Murray, 1864

Synonym:freemaniDobson, 1956.

Length of body: 1.7 - 2.7 mm

Carpophilus nepos -
Germany, from collection of А. Gеrrmаnn
(photo by A. Herrmann)

Literature:

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Hayashi, N. 1978. A contribution to the knowledge of the larvae of Nitidulidae occuring in Japan (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea). Insecta Matsumurana, (N.S.), 14: 1-98.

Kirejtshuk, A.G. 1996. Some results of study on the Nitidulidae from Namibia and adjacent territories. Part 1 (Coleoptera, Cucujoidea, Nitidulidae). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 72, 1: 21-52.

Spornraft, K. 1967. 50. Familie: Nitidulidae. in: Freude, H., Harde, K.W., & Lohse, G.A. Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Goecke & Evers Verlag, Krefeld, 7: 20-77.

Spornraft, K. 1992. 50. Familie: Nitidulidae. in: Freude, H., Harde, K.W., & Lohse, G.A. Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Goecke & Evers Verlag, Krefeld, 13: 91-110.

Other sources " Dried fruit beetles (Nitidulidae)" in a section " Scientific essays about families of beetles ".