Nitidula is a genus of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are more than 20 described species in Nitidula. Some species breed in carrion while others are associated with later stages of decay in mammalian corpses and can be used in forensic investigations (e.g., Nitidula carnaria, N. flavomaculata).
Species
These 23 species belong to the genus Nitidula:
- Nitidula aemula <small>Heer, 1862</small>
- Nitidula ancora <small>Heer, 1862</small>
- Nitidula antarctica <small>White, 1846</small>
- Nitidula bipunctata <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> (two-spotted sap beetle)
- Nitidula buprestoides <small>Weber, 1801</small>
- Nitidula carnaria <small>(Schaller, 1783)</small>
- Nitidula convexiuscula <small>Mannerheim, 1843</small>
- Nitidula dubia <small>Gyllenhal, 1808</small>
- Nitidula eremita <small>Audisio, 1990</small>
- Nitidula flavomaculata <small>Rossi, 1790</small>
- Nitidula lateralis <small>White, 1846</small>
- Nitidula maculigera <small>Heer, 1862</small>
- Nitidula melanaria <small>Heer, 1847</small>
- Nitidula nigra <small>Schaeffer, 1911</small>
- Nitidula orbiculata <small>Gyllenhal, 1808</small>
- Nitidula pallida <small>Heer, 1862</small>
- Nitidula prior <small>Scudder, 1900</small>
- Nitidula quadriguttata
- Nitidula radobojana <small>Heer, 1847</small>
- Nitidula robusta <small>Meunier, 1922</small>
- Nitidula rufipes <small>(Linnaeus, 1767)</small>
- Nitidula sulcata <small>Herbst, 1793</small>
- Nitidula ziczac <small>Say, 1825</small>
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