NITIDULIDAE Latreille, 1807
(pollen and sap beetles)

NITIDULIDAE (pollen and sap beetles) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

NITIDULIDAE (pollen and sap beetles) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Aethina tumida
(Small Hive Beetle)
Species 3 trophisms 1 references
Cybocephalus fodori
a beetle
Species 1 references
Meligethes
a genus of pollen beetles
Genus 35 subtaxa 45 trophisms 1 references
Pityophagus ferrugineus
a pollen or sap beetle
Species 1 trophisms
Pocadius adustus
a pollen or sap beetle
Species 1 references
Pocadius ferrugineus
a pollen or sap beetle
Species 1 references
Pria dulcamarae
a pollen or sap beetle
Species 2 trophisms 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyNITIDULIDAE (pollen and sap beetles)
SuperfamilyCUCUJOIDEA (a superfamily of beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for NITIDULIDAE (pollen and sap beetles)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (Eds.) Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 7 (Clavicornia) Die Käfer Mitteleuropas, Vol 7, Goecke & Evers, Krefeld
Hackston, M. 2009 Key to the British genera of Nitidulidae http://sites.google.com/site/mikesinsectkeys/

Stored Product Pests

Mound, L. (ed) 1989 Common Insects of Stored Products: a guide to their identification Economic Series, No 15, Seventh Edition edition, 68pp, British Museum (Natural History)

NITIDULIDAE (pollen and sap beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to NITIDULIDAE (pollen and sap beetles):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 19 images of NITIDULIDAE (pollen and sap beetles)
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