Biology:Nitidula flavomaculata

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Short description: Species of beetle

Nitidula flavomaculata
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Nitidulidae
Tribe: Nitidulini
Genus: Nitidula
Species:
N. flavomaculata
Binomial name
Nitidula flavomaculata
Rossi, 1790
Synonyms[1]
  • Nitidula flexuosa Olivier, 1790

Nitidula flavomaculata is a species of sap-feeding beetle in the family Nitidulidae.[1][2][3] It is native to the Mediterranean Region and naturalized in North America.[4] It is associated with later stages of decay in mammalian corpses.[4] [5] It can be used in forensic investigations.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 ITIS
  2. "Nitidula flavomaculata". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/8251411. 
  3. 4.0 4.1 Sims, George G.; Fothergill, Kent (2014). "Recent occurrences of Nitidula flavomaculata Rossi (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) in the interior of the United States". The Coleopterists Bulletin 68 (3): 624–627. doi:10.1649/072.068.0329. 
  4. 5.0 5.1 Díaz-Aranda, Luisa M.; Martín-Vega, Daniel; Baz, Arturo; Cifrián, Blanca (2018). "Larval identification key to necrophagous Coleoptera of medico-legal importance in the western Palaearctic". International Journal of Legal Medicine 132 (6): 1795–1804. doi:10.1007/s00414-018-1909-2. 

Further reading

  • Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. 2007. ISBN 978-8788757675. 

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