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Genus Melyrodes

Melyrodes cribrata (LeConte) - Melyrodes cribrata Beetle - Melyrodes cribrata Melyrodes floridana (Casey) - Melyrodes floridana Melyrodes basalis Melyrodes basalis Melyrodes basalis beetle - Melyrodes cribrata small, dark, punctate beetle - Melyrodes cribrata
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cleroidea
Family Melyridae (Soft-winged Flower Beetles)
Subfamily Melyrinae
Genus Melyrodes
Explanation of Names
Melyrodes Gorham 1882
Numbers
3 spp. in our area, 8 spp. total(1)
Identification
coarsely punctate dorsum diagnostic
Range
e. US to Bolivia(1)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by v belov on 3 March, 2010 - 4:48am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 24 April, 2022 - 8:50am

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