The sap beetles are a family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 (Nitidulidae) of beetles.

They are small (2–6 mm) ovoid, usually dull-coloured beetles, with knobbed antennae

Antenna (biology)

Antennae in biology have historically been paired appendages used for sensing in arthropods. More recently, the term has also been applied to cilium structures present in most cell types of eukaryotes....

. Some have red or yellow spots or bands. They feed mainly on decaying vegetable matter, over-ripe fruit, and sap. There are a few pest species.

Common species include:

• the picnic beetle, Glischrochilus quadrisignatus
• the dusky sap beetle, Carpophilus lugubris
• the strawberry sap beetle, Stelidota geminata

Classification

The family includes these genera:

• Subfamily Calonecrinae Kirejtshuk, 1982
• Subfamily Carpophilinae Erichson, 1842
  • Carpophilus Stephens, 1830
  • Epuraea Erichson, 1843
• Subfamily Cillaeinae Kirejtshuk & Audisio, 1986
  • Cillaeopeplus Sharp, 1908
• Subfamily Cryptarchinae Thomson, 1859
  • Cryptarcha Shuckard, 1839
  • Glischrochilus
    Glischrochilus
    Glischrochilus is a genus of sap-feeding and predatory beetles under the family Nitidulidae, subfamily Cryptarchinae. Most members of this genus are commonly known as picnic beetles or beer bugs.-Description:...
    
     Reitter
    Edmund Reitter
    Edmund Reitter was a Austrian entomologist , writer and a collector.Edmund Reitter was above all well-known as an expert on the beetles of the Palaearctic....
    
    , 1873
  • Pityophagus Shuckard, 1839
• Subfamily Cybocephalinae Jacquelin du Val, 1858
  • Cybocephalus Erichson, 1844
• Subfamily Meligethinae Thomson, 1859
  • Meligethes Stephens, 1830
  • Pria
    Pría
    Pría is one of 28 parishes in Llanes, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.-Villages:*Pria de la Cabuerna*Garaña*La Pesa*Llames*Piñeres*Silviella*Villanueva...
    
     Stephens, 1830
• Subfamily Nitidulinae Latreille, 1802
  • Amphotis Erichson, 1843
  • Cychramus Kugelann, 1794
  • Cyllodes Erichson, 1843
  • Ipidia Erichson, 1843
  • Nitidula Fabricius, 1775
  • Omosita
    Omosita
    Omosita is a genus of sap beetles, erected by Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson in 1843....
    
     Erichson, 1843
  • Physoronia Reitter, 1884
  • Pocadius Erichson, 1843
  • Soronia Erichson, 1843
  • Thalycra Erichson, 1843
  • Tumida
    Small hive beetle
    The small hive beetle is a beekeeping pest.Endemic to sub-Saharan Africa, the small hive beetle, Aethina tumida was first discovered in the United States in 1996 and has now spread to many U.S. states including, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Minnesota,...
    
    
• incertae sedis
  Incertae sedis
  , is a term used to define a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Uncertainty at specific taxonomic levels is attributed by , , and similar terms.-Examples:*The fossil plant Paradinandra suecica could not be assigned to any...
  
  
  • Apetinus
  • Conotelus
  • Cyrtostolus
  • Eunitidula
  • Eupetinus
  • Gonioryctus
  • Goniothorax
  • Haptoncus
  • Kateretes
    Kateretes
    Kateretes is a genus of sap beetle.-Taxonomy:Kateretes*Subgenus Kateretes**K. pedicularius**K. pusillus*Subgenus Pulion**K. dalmatinus**K. rufilabris...
    
    
  • Nesapterus
  • Nesopetinus
  • Notopeplus
  • Orthostolus
  • Stelidota
  • Urophorus

External links

• sap beetles of Florida on the UF
  University of Florida
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  Featured Creatures Web site
• Key to the British genera of family Nitidulidae