Species Emmesa connectens

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Remarks · Print References · Internet References

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Tenebrionoidea (Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles)

Family Melandryidae (False Darkling Beetles)

Genus Emmesa

Species connectens (Emmesa connectens)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Melandrya connectens

Range

Minnesota and Ontario to Newfoundland, south at least to North Carolina

Remarks

Genus given as Melandrya on nearctica.com

No other pinned or live images found on Internet as of January 2006; page creation based on Donald Chandler's identification of this image.

Print References

Chapter/family 100 in American Beetles, P. 417.

Internet References

presence in North Carolina; list 3 pinned specimens in collection, including locally collected specimens (North Carolina State U.)

presence in Minnesota; list as Emmesa connectens (Insects of Cedar Creek, Minnesota)

distribution in Canada; PDF doc list showing list of provinces for Emmesa connectens (Melandryidae; in Checklist of Beetles of Canada and Alaska)

Genus given as Melandrya on nearctica.com

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 15 February, 2006 - 7:49pm

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