Melanactes is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae. There are about five described species in Melanactes.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Elateridae |
| Tribe: | Oxynopterini |
| Genus: | Melanactes Leconte, 1854 |
Species edit
These five species belong to the genus Melanactes:
- Melanactes consors LeConte, 1853 b
- Melanactes densus LeConte, 1853 b
- Melanactes morio (Fabricius, 1798) b
- Melanactes piceus (DeGeer, 1774) b
- Melanactes puncticollis (LeConte, 1852) b
Data sources: i = ITIS,[4] c = Catalogue of Life,[5] g = GBIF,[1] b = Bugguide.net[2]
References edit
- ^ a b "Melanactes". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
- ^ a b "Melanactes Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
- ^ "Melanactes Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
- ^ "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-04-05.
- ^ "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-04-05.
Further reading edit
- Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
- Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
- Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88). Pensoft Publishers: 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
- LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
- White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.
External links edit
Media related to Melanactes at Wikimedia Commons
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