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Species Microrhagus pectinatus

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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)
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