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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Click Beetles (Elateridae) » Elaterinae » Melanotini » Melanotus » Melanotus similis
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Click Beetle - Melanotus similis
Copyright © 2010 J. Ott

Click Beetle - Melanotus similis
Pearl River County, Mississippi, USA
September 19, 2010
Size: 15mm
Taken in Lindgren funnel trap/blacklight near,id appreciated.Melanotus?
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Contributed by J. Ott on 19 September, 2010 - 11:29am
Last updated 29 October, 2010 - 4:51pm

Moved
Moved from Melanotus communis Complex.

Voucher specimens from UGA helped confirm. A new species for BugGuide, Johnny. This species is in the communis-complex, along with a few other closely-related species.
… Blaine Mathison, 29 October, 2010 - 4:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Blaine
Great Work as always!!
… J. Ott, 29 October, 2010 - 6:42pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Melanotus.

Identified by voucher specimen.

This is a difficult group, and often genitilia are necessary. I hope to get some voucher specimens of Melanotus from UGA so I have reference material for comparison. Based on the pronotal punctures, I belive this is M. communis proper, but let's leave at the 'group' level for now.
… Blaine Mathison, 29 September, 2010 - 1:46pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Click Beetles.Thanks Blaine,mailing it your
way tomorrow.
… J. Ott, 19 September, 2010 - 12:27pm login or register to post comments

Melanotus
Yes, enlarging the pics shows nice serrated tarsal claws, and Melanotus is one of a few genera with this feature. I have a key to the genus, if you have the specimen. Looks like something near communis-similis.
… Blaine Mathison, 19 September, 2010 - 12:22pm login or register to post comments

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