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Driedfruit beetle

Carpophilus hemipterus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordedbeetles

The driedfruit beetle (Carpophilus hemipterus) is a species in the family Nitidulidae, order Coleoptera.

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Quick facts about the driedfruit beetle

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
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 driedfruit beetle live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the driedfruit beetle as introduced in 14 countries, and flagged as invasive in 2 of them.

  1. Latviainvasive
  2. Lithuaniainvasive
  3. Austria
  4. Belarus
  5. Bulgaria
  6. Cyprus
  7. Czechia
  8. France
  9. Italy
  10. Japan
  11. Poland
  12. Slovenia
  13. Sweden
  14. United States

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 driedfruit 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 driedfruit beetle classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyNitidulidae
  6. genusCarpophilus
  7. SpeciesCarpophilus hemipterus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Cateretes pictus, Dermestes hemipterus

Other names and names in other languages (16)
  • Dried-fruit beetleEnglish
  • خنفساء الفواكه المجففة ذات النقطتينArabic
  • lesknáček fíkovýCzech
  • BackobstkäfeGerman
  • mehukuoriainenFinnish
  • nitidule des fruitsFrench
  • クリヤケシキスイJapanese
  • Sausvaisinis žvilgvabalisLithuanian
  • przykrótek półskrzydłyPolish
  • фруктоїд півкрилийUkrainian
  • 酱曲露尾甲Chinese
  • Gelbfleckiger GlanzkäferGerman
  • Gelbgefleckter GlanzkäferGerman
  • 异翅果露尾甲Chinese
  • 黄斑果露尾甲Chinese
  • 黄斑露尾甲Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the driedfruit beetle

Other species in the same genus Carpophilus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the driedfruit beetle an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the driedfruit beetle as invasive in 2 countries: Latvia and Lithuania. It lists it as introduced in 14 in all.

What kind of animal is the driedfruit beetle?

The driedfruit beetle (Carpophilus hemipterus) belongs to the family Nitidulidae in the order Coleoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Driedfruit beetle (Carpophilus hemipterus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/driedfruit-beetle

MLA

“Driedfruit beetle (Carpophilus hemipterus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/driedfruit-beetle.

BibTeX
@misc{driedfruit_beetle_2026,
  title = {Driedfruit beetle (Carpophilus hemipterus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/driedfruit-beetle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}