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Nitidula

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Nitidula is a genus of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are more than 20 described species in Nitidula.[1][2][3] Some species breed in carrion while others are associated with later stages of decay in mammalian corpses[4] and can be used in forensic investigations (e.g., Nitidula carnaria, N. flavomaculata).[5]

Nitidula rufipes

Species

These 23 species belong to the genus Nitidula:

References

  1. ^ "Nitidula". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Nitidula". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ^ "Nitidula genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
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Nitidula: Brief Summary

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Nitidula is a genus of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are more than 20 described species in Nitidula. Some species breed in carrion while others are associated with later stages of decay in mammalian corpses and can be used in forensic investigations (e.g., Nitidula carnaria, N. flavomaculata).

Nitidula rufipes
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