Fabogethes nigrescens, the black pollen beetle, is a species of pollen beetle in the family Nitidulidae. It is found in Africa, Europe and Northern Asia (excluding China), and North America.[1][2][3]

Fabogethes nigrescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Nitidulidae
Genus: Fabogethes
Species:
F. nigrescens
Binomial name
Fabogethes nigrescens
(Stephens, 1830)
Synonyms[1]
  • Meligethes circularis J. Sahlberg, 1903
  • Meligethes funebris Foerster, 1849
  • Meligethes nigrescens Stephens, 1830
  • Meligethes picipes Sturm, 1845
  • Meligethes saulcyi Reitter, 1872
  • Meligethes seminulum LeConte, 1857
  • Meligethes subsimilis Rey, 1889
  • Meligethes xanthoceros Stephens, 1830

References

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  1. ^ a b "Fabogethes nigrescens Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ^ "Fabogethes nigrescens". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Further reading

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  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.