Nitidula flavomaculata
Nitidula flavomaculata is a species of sap-feeding beetle in the family Nitidulidae.[1][2][3] It is native to the Mediterranean Region and naturalized in North America.[4] It is associated with later stages of decay in mammalian corpses.[4] [5] It can be used in forensic investigations.[5]
| Nitidula flavomaculata | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Nitidulidae |
| Tribe: | Nitidulini |
| Genus: | Nitidula |
| Species: | N. flavomaculata |
| Binomial name | |
| Nitidula flavomaculata Rossi, 1790 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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References
- "Nitidula flavomaculata". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- "Nitidula flavomaculata". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- "Nitidula flavomaculata species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- 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.
- 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.
Further reading
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.
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