Species Microrhagus pectinatus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Internet References · Works Cited

Microrhagus pectinatus LeConte, 1866 - Microrhagus pectinatus - male

False Click Beetle - Microrhagus pectinatus - male

False Click Beetle - Microrhagus pectinatus - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)

Superfamily Elateroidea

Family Eucnemidae (False Click Beetles)

Subfamily Melasinae

Tribe Dirhagini

Genus Microrhagus

Species pectinatus (Microrhagus pectinatus)

Explanation of Names

Microrhagus pectinatus LeConte 1866

Size

2.5-4.2 mm(1)

Range

BC-NS south to OR, TX, GA(2)

Food

known to develop in deciduous trees, incl. Fagus, Platanus, Ulmus(3)

Internet References

Species page(1)

Works Cited

1.	Coleoptera species pages developed for the GSMNP project

2.	Eucnemid larvae of the Nearctic region. Part V: Fifth instar larval descriptions for eight species of Microrhagus Dejean... Otto R.L. 2015. Insecta Mundi 0421: 1-46.

3.	A revision of the Nearctic Eucnemidae Muona J. 2000. Acta Zoologica Fennica 212: 1-106.

Contributed by Nicolas Gompel on 8 March, 2008 - 5:08pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 25 February, 2021 - 8:05pm

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