Pallodes

Pallodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Nitidulidae
Subfamily:	Nitidulinae
Genus:	Pallodes; Erichson, 1843

Pallodes is a genus of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae. The genus is diverse in the tropics but also includes three North American species. They are common on fresh mushrooms.

Species

As of 2019, there were about 51 recognized species, but it was acknowledged that the genus was in need of a worldwide revision. Pallodes includes the following three North American species:

Pallodes austrinus Leschen, 1988
Pallodes pallidus (Beauvois, 1805)
Pallodes plateosus Schaeffer, 1931

References

1 2 "Pallodes Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
1 2 "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.
1 2 3 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.
1 2 3 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.

Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
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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.

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[bugref-1] 1 2 "Pallodes Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 19 July 2025.

[itis-2] 1 2 "Pallodes Erichson, 1843". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 July 2025.

[eol-3] "Pallodes Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 19 July 2025.

[catlife-4] "Pallodes Erichson, 1843". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 19 July 2025.

[Lawrence_and_Kirejtshuk_2019-5] 1 2 3 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.

[Leschen_1988-6] 1 2 3 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.

Pallodes

Species

References

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