Pallodes
| Pallodes | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Nitidulidae |
| Subfamily: | Nitidulinae |
| Genus: | Erichson, 1843 |
Pallodes is a genus of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae.[1][2][3][4][5] The genus is diverse in the tropics but also includes three North American species.[6] They are common on fresh mushrooms.[5][6]
Species
As of 2019, there were about 51 recognized species, but it was acknowledged that the genus was in need of a worldwide revision.[5] Pallodes includes the following three North American species:[1][2][6]
- Pallodes austrinus Leschen, 1988
- Pallodes pallidus (Beauvois, 1805)
- Pallodes plateosus Schaeffer, 1931
References
- ^ a b "Pallodes Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ^ a b "Pallodes Erichson, 1843". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ^ "Pallodes Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ^ "Pallodes Erichson, 1843". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ^ a b c Lawrence, John F.; Kirejtshuk, Alexander G. (2019). "Review of the Australian Cyllodini (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Nitidulinae), with descriptions of new taxa, and notes on the genus Macleayania (Nitidulini)". Zootaxa. 4544 (3): 301–334. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4544.3.1.
- ^ a b c Leschen, Richard A. B. (1988). "Pallodes austrinus, a new species of Nitidulidae (Nitidulinae) with discussions on Pallodes mycophagy". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 96 (4): 452–458. JSTOR 25009713.
Further reading
- Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
- LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Part I. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) - Price, M.B.; Young, D.K. (2006). "An annotated checklist of Wisconsin sap and short-winged flower beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae, Kateretidae)". Insecta Mundi. 20: 69–84.
- White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.