Colopterus is a genus of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are about 10 described species in Colopterus.[1][2]
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| Genus: | Colopterus Erichson, 1842
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Species
edit- Colopterus floridanus Parry and Howden, 1976
- Colopterus gerhardi Dodge, 1939
- Colopterus maculatus (Erichson, 1843)
- Colopterus morio (Erichson, 1843)
- Colopterus niger
- Colopterus posticus (Erichson, 1889)
- Colopterus semitectus (Say, 1825)
- Colopterus testaceus Gillogly, 1969
- Colopterus truncatus (Randall, 1838)
- Colopterus unicolor (Say, 1825)
References
edit- ^ "Colopterus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ^ "Colopterus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- Habeck, Dale H. / Arnett, Ross H. Jr., Michael C. Thomas, Paul E. Skelley, and J. H. Frank, eds. (2002). "Family 77. Nitidulidae Latreille 1802". American Beetles, vol. 2: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea, 311–315.
- Parsons, Carl T. (1943). "A revision of Nearctic Nitidulidae (Coleoptera)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, vol. 92, no. 3, 121–278.
Further reading
edit- Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
- Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
- Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
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