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Corn sap beetle

Carpophilus dimidiatus (Fabricius, 1792)

Status not recordedbeetles

The corn sap beetle (Carpophilus dimidiatus) is a species in the family Nitidulidae, order Coleoptera.

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Quick facts about the corn sap beetle

Weight
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Length
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Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the corn sap beetle live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the corn sap beetle as introduced in 9 countries.

  1. Austria
  2. Bulgaria
  3. Cyprus
  4. Denmark
  5. Ecuador
  6. Estonia
  7. France
  8. Japan
  9. Sweden

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the corn sap beetle endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the corn sap beetle classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyNitidulidae
  6. genusCarpophilus
  7. SpeciesCarpophilus dimidiatus (Fabricius, 1792)

Synonyms Carpophilus auropilosus, Carpophilus contingens, Carpophilus dilutus, Carpophilus halli, Carpophilus lewisi, Carpophilus limbalis, Carpophilus luridus, Carpophilus nigritus, Carpophilus ochropterus, Carpophilus puberulus, Carpophilus pusillus, Carpophilus robustus, Carpophilus testaceus, Carpophilus vittiger, Ips puberula, Nitidula dimidiata

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • خنفساء الفواكه المجففةArabic
  • lesknáček obilníCzech
  • ガイマイデオキスイJapanese
  • 脊胸露尾甲Chinese
  • 玉米红褐露尾甲Chinese
  • 脊胸果露尾甲Chinese

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Relatives of the corn sap beetle

Other species in the same genus Carpophilus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the corn sap beetle an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the corn sap beetle as introduced in 9 countries, including Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark and Ecuador, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the corn sap beetle?

The corn sap beetle (Carpophilus dimidiatus) belongs to the family Nitidulidae in the order Coleoptera.

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Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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CreatureData. (2026). Corn sap beetle (Carpophilus dimidiatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/corn-sap-beetle

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BibTeX
@misc{corn_sap_beetle_2026,
  title = {Corn sap beetle (Carpophilus dimidiatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/corn-sap-beetle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}