Nitidulidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Superfamilia: Cucujoidea

Familia: Nitidulidae

Subfamiliae (10): Amphicrossinae - Calonecrinae - Carpophilinae - Cillaeinae - Cryptarchinae - Epuraeinae - Maynipeplinae - Meligethinae - Nitidulinae - Prometopinae
Source(s) of checklist:
Checklist based uncritically on Cline et al., 2014

Overview of genera

Cryptarcha – Krakingus – Prioschema – †Menatoraea – †Miophenolia – †Nitoraeopsis – †Oligamphotis – †Palaeolycra – Soronia – ...
Name

Nitidulidae Latreille, 1802
References

Cline, A.R. et al. 2014: Molecular phylogeny of Nitidulidae: assessment of subfamilial and tribal classification and formalization of the family Cybocephalidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea). Systematic entomology, 39(4): 758–772. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12084 Reference page.
Jelínek, J.; Carlton, C.; Cline, A.R.; Leschen, R.A.B. 2010: 10.26. Nitidulidae Latreille, 1802. Pp. 390-407 in: Leschen, R.A.B.; Beutel, R.G.; Lawrence, J.F. (volume eds.) Coleoptera, beetles. Volume 2: Morphology and systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim). In: Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of zoology. A natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3110190753 ISBN 9783110190755
Jelínek, J.; Audisio, P. 2009: The Kateretidae, Nitidulidae and Monotomidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) described by Gistel (1856, 1857): new synonymies and type designations. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49(1): 225–238. PDF Reference page.
Kirejtshuk, A.G. 2008: A current generic classification of sap beetles (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 17: 107–122. PDF
Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Nel, A. 2018. Nitidulidae (Coleoptera) from the Paleocene of Menat (France). Zootaxa 4402(1): 1–41. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4402.1.1 Reference page.
Lasoń, A.; Ghahari, H. 2013: A checklist of the Kateretidae and Nitidulidae of Iran (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea). Zootaxa 3746(1): 101–122. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3746.1.4 Reference page.
Latreille, P.A. 1802: Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. Tome 3. F. Dufart, Paris. Internet Archive BHL
I.Löbl & A.Smetana (eds). 2007 Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4: Elateroidea, Derodontoidea, Bostrichoidea, Lymexyloidea, Cleroidea and Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark ISBN 87-88757-67-6, p. 459

Links

Australian Faunal Directory [stub]
Cybocephalidae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
Nitidulidae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD

Vernacular names
беларуская: Блішчанкі
Deutsch: Glanzkäfer
English: sap beetles
suomi: Kiiltokuoriaiset
français: Nitidule
日本語: ケシキスイ科
한국어: 밑빠진벌레과
lietuvių: Žvilgvabaliai
norsk: Glansbiller
русский: Блестянки
українська: Блищанкові
中文: 出尾蟲科

The sap beetles, also known as Nitidulidae, are a family of beetles.

They are small (2–6 mm) ovoid, usually dull-coloured beetles, with knobbed antennae. Some have red or yellow spots or bands. They feed mainly on decaying vegetable matter, over-ripe fruit, and sap. Sap beetles coexist with fungi species and live in habitats of coniferous trees. They are found all across Europe and Siberia and are the biggest nutudulid species known in those areas.[1] There are a few pest species. An example of a pest species is the strawberry sap beetle that infest crops in Brazil between the months of August and February.[2]

the picnic beetle, Glischrochilus quadrisignatus
the dusky sap beetle, Carpophilus lugubris
the strawberry sap beetle, Stelidota geminata
the small hive beetle, Aethina tumida

Classification
Carpophilus dimidiatus

The family includes these genera:

Subfamily Calonecrinae Kirejtshuk, 1982
Subfamily Maynipeplinae Kirejtshuk, 1998
Subfamily Epuraeinae Kirejtshuk, 1986
Subfamily Carpophilinae Erichson, 1842
Carpophilus Stephens, 1830
Epuraea Erichson, 1843
Urophorus Murray, 1864
Subfamily Amphicrossinae Kirejtshuk, 1986
Subfamily Meligethinae Thomson, 1859
Meligethes Stephens, 1830
Pria Stephens, 1830
Subfamily Nitidulinae Latreille, 1802
Amphotis Erichson, 1843
Cychramus Kugelann, 1794
Cyllodes Erichson, 1843
Ipidia Erichson, 1843
Nitidula Fabricius, 1775
Omosita Erichson, 1843
Physoronia Reitter, 1884
Pocadius Erichson, 1843
Soronia Erichson, 1843
Thalycra Erichson, 1843
Tumida Murray, 1867
Subfamily Cillaeinae Kirejtshuk & Audisio, 1986
Cillaeopeplus Sharp, 1908
Subfamily Cryptarchinae Thomson, 1859
Cryptarcha Shuckard, 1839
Glischrochilus Reitter, 1873
Pityophagus Shuckard, 1839
Subfamily Cybocephalinae Jacquelin du Val, 1858 (now frequently elevated to family status as Cybocephalidae)
Cybocephalus Erichson, 1844
Pastillus Endrödy-Younga, 1962
Subfamily Prometopinae
Prometopia
incertae sedis
Apetinus
Conotelus
Cyrtostolus
Eunitidula
Eupetinus
Gonioryctus
Goniothorax
Haptoncus
Kateretes
Nesapterus
Nesopetinus
Notopeplus
Orthostolus
Stelidota
Urophorus

References

Audisio, P., Cline, A., Mancini, E., Trizzino, M., Clayhills, T., Cline, A., & Sabatelli, S. (2016).
Moliterno, A., Martins, C., Szczerbowski, D., Zawadneak, M., & Zarbin, P. (2017). The Male Produced Aggregation Pheromone of a Strawberry Sap Beetle, Lobiopa insularis (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae). Journal Of Chemical Ecology, 43(6), 550-556. doi: 10.1007/s10886-017-0851-y