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Species Microrhagus audax

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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 audax (Microrhagus audax)
Explanation of Names
Microrhagus audax Horn 1886
Size
2.5-4.2 mm (1)
Range
e US (NY-GA to WI-TX), more common in the south(2)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.Coleoptera species pages developed for the GSMNP project
2.A revision of the Nearctic Eucnemidae
Muona J. 2000. Acta Zoologica Fennica 212: 1-106.