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Nitidulidae

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Description

The sap beetles are a family (Nitidulidae) of beetles.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitidulidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	7840	https://www.gbif.org/species/7840
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	69440	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=69440

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Nitidulidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
-	Cercofilata	Kukalová-Peck 1987
class	Insecta	Linnaeus 1758
-	Dicondylia
-	Paranotalia	Sroka et al. 2014
subclass	Pterygota	Brauer 1885
-	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
-	Holometabola
-	Aparaglossata
-	Coleopterida	Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence 2004
order	Coleoptera	Linnaeus 1758
suborder	Polyphaga	Emery 1886
infraorder	Cucujiformia	Lameere 1938
superfamily	Cucujoidea	Latreille 1802
family	Nitidulidae	Latreille 1802

Common Name

sap beetle

Scientific Name

Nitidulidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Nitidulidae	family	belongs to Cucujoidea	stated with evidence	Förster, 1891
Nitidulidae	family	belongs to Clavicornia	stated without evidence	Crowson, 1981
Nitidulidae	family	belongs to Cucujoidea	stated without evidence	Lawrence and Newton, 1995
Nitidulidae	family	belongs to Cucujoidea	stated with evidence	Bouchard et al., 2011

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

105

Extant Size (PBDB)

33 (31%)

First Recorded Appearance

201 - 197 Ma
Early Jurassic

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

P. A. Latreille. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes, Tome Troisième

Common Name(s)

Sap Beetle, Glanskevers, Bloemkevers, Glanskevertjes, Glansbaggar, Sap Beetles, Nitidules, Sap-feeding Beetles

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitidulidae

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Calonecrinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Carpophilinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		2	37.2 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Cateretinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Cillaeinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		2	37.2 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Cryptarchinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		1	59.2 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Epuraeinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		15	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Meligethinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		6	38.0 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Nitidulinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		36	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Prometopinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		3	33.9 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Acanthogethes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aethina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Afrogethes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Allenipeplus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amphicrossus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amphotis genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	33.9 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Amystrops genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anthocorcina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Apetasimus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aphenolia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Baltoraea ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Boragogethes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Brachypeplus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Brassicogethes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Brounthina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Caledomus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Camptodes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Capophilus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Carpophilus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	37.2 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Catonura genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cerylollodes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cillaeopeplus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cillaeus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circopes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Clypeogethes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Colopterus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	37.2 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Conotelus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Coxollodes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Crepuraea ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Cryptarcha genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	59.2 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Ctilodes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cychramites ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	37.2 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Cychramus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cyllodes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cyllolithus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ecnomorphus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epanuraea ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	37.2 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Epuraea genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	0.78 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Eupetinus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eusphaerius genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fabogethes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Genistogethes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glischrochilus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gonioryctus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gymnocychramus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haptognathus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hebascus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ipidia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ithyphenes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ithyra genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Jelinekigethes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lamiogethes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lasiodactylus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Lasiodites genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lobiopa genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lordites genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macleayania genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macrostola genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mathesius ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Megacarpolus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megauchenia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Meligethes genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	33.9 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Meligethiella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Meligethinus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melipriopsis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Microsoronia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Micruria genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Miophenolia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	37.2 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Myothorax genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mystrops genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neohebascus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neopallodes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Niliodes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nitidula genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	37.2 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Nitidulina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	166 Ma Middle Jurassic
Nitidulites ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	201 Ma Early Jurassic	201 Ma Early Jurassic
Nitops genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Oligamphotis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Omosita genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Omositoidea ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Orthopeplus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orthostolus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Oxycnemus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Oxystrongylus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Palaeometopia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Paleogethes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pallodes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Parametopia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paromia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pastillocenicus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	55.8 Ma Eocene	55.8 Ma Eocene
Pastillus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Phenolia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	38.0 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Physoronia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pityophagus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platychora genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platynema genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pleoronia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pocadiolycra genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pocadites genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pocadius genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pria genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Procarpophilus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	28.1 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Prometopia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Prosopeus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Psilonitidula genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Psilopyga genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Psilotus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Raspinotus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sagittogethes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Selis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sinonitidulina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	166 Ma Middle Jurassic
Sorodites ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Soronia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stachygethes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stelidota genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenoronia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Taenioncus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tarchonanthopria genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Teichostethus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Thalycra genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Thalycrodes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Thymogethes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Triacanus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tricanus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trimenus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tritesus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Urophorus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Xenostrongylogethes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Xenostrongylus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Xerogethes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1802	Nitidulariae Latreille p. 131
1891	Nitidulidae Förster p. 365
1981	Nitidulidae Crowson p. 697
1995	Nitidulidae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2011	Nitidulidae Bouchard et al. p. 365
2014	Nitidulidae Cline et al.
2015	Nitidulidae Robertson et al.
2018	Nitidulidae Kirejtshuk p. 175

References

Latreille P. A. , Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes, Tome Troisième, 1-467

Förster B. Die Insekten der "Plattigen Steinmergels" von Brunstatt, Abhandlungen zur Geologischen Specialkarte von Elsass-Lothringen, Band 3 1, 335-593

Crowson R. A. (1981) The Biology of the Coleoptera, Academic Press, New York

Lawrence J. F., Newton, Jr. A. F. (1995) Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera, Biology, Phylogeny and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A Crowson, 779-1006

Bouchard P., Bousquet Y., et al (2011) Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta), ZooKeys 88, 1-972

Cline A. R., Smith T. R., et al (2014) Molecular phylogeny of Nitidulidae: assessment of subfamilial and tribal classification and formalization of the family Cybocephalidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea), Systematic Entomology 39, 758-772

Robertson J. A., Ślipiński A., et al (2015) Phylogeny and classification of Cucujoidea and the recognition of a new superfamily Coccinelloidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia), Systematic Entomology 40, 745-778

Kirejtshuk A. G. (2018) Taxonomic names, in Discovery of a Nitidulidae in Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera, Cucujoidea) with description of a new genus and taxonomic notes, Cretaceous Research 89, 174-182

Parsons CT (1943) A revision of Nearctic Nitidulidae (Coleoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 92: 121-278. - via Checklist of Beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second Edition.

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Bouchard, P.; Bousquet, Y.; Davies, A.; Alonso-Zarazaga, M.; Lawrence, J.; Lyal, C.; Newton, A.; Reid, C.; Schmitt, M.; Slipinski, A.; Smith, A. (2011). Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys. 88: 1-972. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Gärdenfors, Ulf, Hall, Ragnar, Hallingbäck, Tomas, Hansson, Hans G. & Hedström, Lars (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj. ArtDatabanken Rapporterar 5, ArtDatabanken, Uppsala. (reviderad excelfil med svenska djurfamiljer). - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Cline, Andrew R., Trevor R. Smith, Kelly Miller, Matthew Moulton, Michael Whiting, and Paolo Audisio, 2014: Molecular phylogeny of Nitidulidae: assessment of subfamilial and tribal classification and formalization of the family Cybocephalidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea). Systematic Entomology, vol. 39, no. 4. 758-772. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Lawrence, J. F., and A. F. Newton, Jr. / Pakaluk, James, and Stanislaw Adam Slipinski, eds., 1995: Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names). Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson, vol. 2. 779-1006. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Bouchard, P., Y. Bousquet, A. Davies, M. Alonso-Zarazaga, J. Lawrence, C. Lyal, A. Newton, et al., 2011: Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys, vol. 88. 1-972. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Robertson, James A., Adam Slipinski, Matthew Moulton, Floyd W. Shockley, Adriano Giorgi, et al., 2015: Phylogeny and classification of Cucujoidea and the recognition of a new superfamily Coccinelloidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia). Systematic Entomology, vol. 40, no. 4. 745-778. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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