Urophorus is a genus of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are at least two described species in Urophorus.[1][2][3]
| Urophorus | |
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| Urophorus humeralis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Nitidulidae |
| Subfamily: | Carpophilinae |
| Genus: | Urophorus Murray, 1864 |
Species
editThese two species belong to the genus Urophorus:
- Urophorus humeralis (Fabricius, 1798) (pineapple beetle)
- Urophorus yakushenkoi Audisio & Kirejtshuk, 1989
References
edit- ^ "Urophorus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Urophorus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Urophorus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
Further reading
edit- Price, Michele B.; Young, Daniel K. (2006). "An annotated checklist of Wisconsin sap and short-winged flower beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae, Kateretidae)". Insecta Mundi. 20 (1–2): 69–84. ISSN 0749-6737.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.
External links
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