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Genus Meligethes

Meligethes atratus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cucujoidea
No Taxon (Nitidulid series)
Family Nitidulidae (Sap-feeding Beetles)
Subfamily Meligethinae (Pollen Beetles)
Genus Meligethes
Explanation of Names
Meligethes Stephens 1830
Greek 'nectar-savvy'
Numbers
A single (adventive) species in our area(1), >30 spp. total(2)
Size
2.2–4.5 mm(2)
Range
Palaearctic & Oriental, most diverse in C. Asia(2); in our area, NF(1)
Food
larval hosts: flowers of Rosaceae, esp. Rosa, Rubus & allied genera(2)
Works Cited
1.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
2.Preliminary re-examination of genus-level taxonomy of the pollen beetle subfamily Meligethinae (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)
Audisio P., Cline A.R., De Biase A., et al. 2009. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49: 341–504.