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Carpophilus (Myothorax) pilosellus (Nitidulidae: Carpophilini) - atlas of sap beetles of Russia

A.G. Kirejtshuk, A. Herrmann



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

Carpophilus (Myothorax) pilosellus Motschulsky, 1858


Synonymy: floridanus Fall, 1910; halli Dobson, 1954.

 

Distribution:


Biology:


Body length: 1.5 - 2.9 mm


Carpophilus pilosellus -
Germany. Specimen from collection of A. Herrmann.
Photo by A. Herrmann.

References:

Audisio, P. 1993. Coleoptera Nitidulidae-Kateretidae. Fauna d'Italia. Idizioni Calderini, Bologna, 32: 971 pp.

Connell, W.A. 1991. Sap beetles (Nitidulidae, Coleoptera). Insect and mite pests in food. An illustrated key. Agricultural Handbook (Washington, U.S. Government Printing Office), 655: 151-175.

Delobel, A. & Tran, M. 1993. Les Coléoptères des denrées alimentaires entreposйes dans les régions chaudes. Faune tropicale, Paris, Orstom/CTA, 32, 424 pp.

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.

Parsons, C.T. 1943. A revision of Nearctic Nitidulidae (Coleoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College, 92, 3: 119-278 + 13 pls.

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 - see "Блестянки (Nitidulidae)" в разделе "Scientific essayes about beetle families".