Nitidula

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). thumb|Nitidula rufipes

==Species== These 23 species belong to the genus Nitidula: Nitidula aemula Heer, 1862 Nitidula ancora Heer, 1862 Nitidula antarctica White, 1846 Nitidula bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) (two-spotted sap beetle) Nitidula buprestoides Weber, 1801 Nitidula carnaria (Schaller, 1783) Nitidula convexiuscula Mannerheim, 1843 Nitidula dubia Gyllenhal, 1808 Nitidula eremita Audisio, 1990 Nitidula flavomaculata Rossi, 1790 Nitidula lateralis White, 1846 Nitidula maculigera Heer, 1862 Nitidula melanaria Heer, 1847 Nitidula nigra Schaeffer, 1911 Nitidula orbiculata Gyllenhal, 1808 Nitidula pallida Heer, 1862 Nitidula prior Scudder, 1900 Nitidula quadriguttata Nitidula radobojana Heer, 1847 Nitidula robusta Meunier, 1922 Nitidula rufipes (Linnaeus, 1767) Nitidula sulcata Herbst, 1793 Nitidula ziczac Say, 1825