Chemical Ecology and Management of the Small Hive Beetle, Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)

B Bobadoye, BT Nganso, C Stuhl, B Torto… - Journal of Chemical …, 2025‏ - Springer
Over the last 28 years, the small hive beetle, Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), a
colony pest of wild and managed honey bees (Apis mellifera), and native to sub-Saharan …

Temperature-Dependent Development of Nitidula rufipes (Linnaeus, 1767) (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) and Its Significance in Estimating Minimum Postmortem Interval

G Hu, L Li, Y Guo, C Kang, Y Wang, Y Zhang, Z Zhang… - Insects, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The decay of human or animal carcasses usually attracts the colonization
of large numbers of car-rion-related arthropods, especially Diptera and Coleoptera. Since …

Detection and characterization of Kodamaea ohmeri associated with small hive beetle Aethina tumida infesting honey bee hives

ND Benda, D Boucias, B Torto… - Journal of Apicultural …, 2008‏ - Taylor & Francis
Honey bee colony infestation by the small hive beetle (SHB) is associated with fermentation
of hive materials. Pollen, beetles, and robbing bees (ten of each) were collected from hives …

An annotated checklist of Wisconsin sap and short-winged flower beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae, Kateretidae)

MB Price, DK Young - Insecta Mundi, 2006‏ - journals.flvc.org
A survey of Wisconsin Nitidulidae and Kateretidae yielded 78 species through analysis of
literature records, museum and private collections, and three years of field research (2000 …

[HTML][HTML] Ultramorphological characteristics of mature larvae of Nitidula carnaria (Schaller 1783)(Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), a beetle species of forensic importance

A Ortloff, N Zanetti, N Centeno, R Silva… - Forensic science …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Beetles of the genus Nitidula Fabricius are forensically important, and their adults and larvae
have been found associated with human corpses and animal carcasses in many places of …

Small hive beetle (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) attraction to a blend of fruit volatiles

CJ Stuhl - Florida Entomologist, 2021‏ - BioOne
The small hive beetle, Aethina tumida Murray (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), belongs to a family
of beetles known as sap beetles. As an agricultural pest they feed upon damaged, overripe …

[HTML][HTML] Preliminary data on larval morphology and life cycle of Nitidula carnaria (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), a species of forensic interest

NI Zanetti, EC Visciarelli… - Revista de la sociedad …, 2013‏ - SciELO Argentina
La especie Nitidula carnaria (Schaller)(Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) tiene importancia
económica y forense. Por primera vez, se describe la larva madura criada bajo condiciones …

A new species of Tegenaria Latreille, 1804 (Araneae, Agelenidae) from Turkey

RS Kaya, KB Kunt, YM Marusik, İH Uğurtaş - ZooKeys, 2010‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A new species of the spider genus Tegenaria Latreille, 1804 is described, based on newly
collected specimens from Turkey. Detailed morphological descriptions, diagnosis and …

Sap beetles

M Emekci, D Moore - Sustainable Pest Management in Date Palm: Current …, 2015‏ - Springer
Nitidulid beetles have a worldwide occurrence, on a variety of plants with fruits containing a
significant level of carbohydrates. They are mostly found in rotting and fermenting fruits and …