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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 communis

Species Melanotus communis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Works Cited
Melanotus communis (Gyllenhal, 1817) - Melanotus communis - male Melanotus communis (Gyllenhal, 1817) - Melanotus communis - male
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 Elateridae (Click Beetles)
Subfamily Elaterinae
Tribe Melanotini
Genus Melanotus
Species communis (Melanotus communis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Melanotus paganus Candèze 1860
Explanation of Names
Melanotus communis (Gyllenhal 1817)
Size
10.0-13.0 mm(1)
Identification
Only reliable way to identify this species is examination of male genitalia. Similar congeners are nearly identical externally. See also info. under Melanotus communis-compex.
Range
e US to SD-TX(2)
Habitat
Common in rotting logs and under bark of various trees
Works Cited
1.The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2.
Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.
2.Revision of click beetles of genus Melanotus in America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Elateridae).
Quate, L.W., and S.E. Thompson. 1967. Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, 121(3568): 1-83.
Contributed by Blaine Mathison on 29 October, 2010 - 4:49pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 29 November, 2017 - 6:56pm

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