Melanotus castanipes is a species of click beetle in the family Elateridae.[1][2][3]
| Melanotus castanipes | |
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| A female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Elateridae |
| Genus: | Melanotus |
| Species: | M. castanipes
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| Binomial name | |
| Melanotus castanipes (Paykull, 1800)
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Description edit
Length varies from 13 to 19 mm. It is uniformly black, or with slightly browner head with an elongated body and tapering elytra. Longitudinal rows of pits are obvious, as are densely scattered pits on the pronotum. The legs and antennae are black and the antennae are long, extending a way beyond the posterior margin of the pronotum, slightly shorter in the female.
References edit
- ^ "Melanotus castanipes". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
- ^ "Melanotus castanipes Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
- ^ "Melanotus castanipes Overview". Encyclopedia 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.
- 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 Melanotus castanipes at Wikimedia Commons
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