Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Coleoptera (Beetles) ➔ Family Nitidulidae (Sap beetles)

Brassicogethes aeneus (Fabricius, 1775)

Rapsglanzkäfer Rape Pollen Beetle

Synonyms and other combinations:

Meligethes aeneus (Fabricius, 1775) | Meligethes californicus Reitter, 1871 | Meligethes dauricus Motschulsky, 1849 | Meligethes moerens LeConte, 1868 | Meligethes mutatus Harold, 1868 | Meligethes ruficornis LeConte, 1859 | Meligethes rufimanus LeConte, 1857 |

  • Brassicogethes aeneus 2999
    Brassicogethes aeneus (Fabricius, 1775)  Rapsglanzkäfer  Rape Pollen Beetle 
    Brassicogethes aeneus, det. Frank
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2007-03-31 11:38:16
    Image number: 2999

    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2007-03-31 11:38:16
    det. Frank

Further vernacular names:
Brassica Pollen Beetle
Classification:
Brassicogethes aeneus belongs to the subfamily Meligethinae.

References, further reading, links:
  1. Orrell T. (custodian) (2016). ITIS Regional: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (version Oct 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2016 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2016. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
  2. Arved Lompe: Die Käfer Europas - Ein Bestimmungswerk im Internet
  3. Interactive Agricultural Ecological Atlas of Russia and Neighboring Countries. Economic plants and their Diseases, Pests and Weeds