Urophorus

Urophorus is a genus of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are at least two described species in Urophorus.[1][2][3]

Urophorus
Urophorus humeralis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Nitidulidae
Subfamily: Carpophilinae
Genus: Urophorus
Murray, 1864

Species

These two species belong to the genus Urophorus:

  • Urophorus humeralis (Fabricius, 1798) (pineapple beetle)
  • Urophorus yakushenkoi Audisio & Kirejtshuk, 1989

References

  1. "Urophorus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Urophorus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Further reading

  • Media related to Urophorus at Wikimedia Commons


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