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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Bostrichoidea » Horned Powder-post Beetles (Bostrichidae) » Polycaoninae » Melalgus » Melalgus plicatus

Species Melalgus plicatus

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Melalgus plicatus (LeConte) - Melalgus plicatus - male

Another beetle that has me stumped. ID, please. - Melalgus plicatus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

Superfamily Bostrichoidea

Family Bostrichidae (Horned Powder-post Beetles)

Subfamily Polycaoninae

Genus Melalgus

Species plicatus (Melalgus plicatus)

Other Common Names

Groove-sided Bostrichid

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Melalgus plicatus (LeConte)

Orig. Comb: Polycaon plicatus LeConte 1874

Syn: Polycaon obliquus LeConte 1874

Explanation of Names

plic (L). 'fold' (1)

Numbers

4 spp. n. of Mex. (2)

Size

12 mm - Type

Identification

"Very distinct by peculiar sculpture of the [male's] elytra. The grooves extend about one-fourth the width of the elytra, and are wider than the interspaces between them, and very deep; they are from twelve to fifteen in number." (LeConte 1874)

, females lack these grooves:

Range

n. TX to e. Mex. - Map (3)(4)

Season

mostly: Mar-Apr (4)

Remarks

described by one specimen coll'ed in Texas by Mr. Belfrage

Print References

LeConte, J.L. 1874. Descriptions of new Coleoptera chiefly from the Pacific slope of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 5: 43-292. (Full Text)

Internet References

Type - MCZ, Harvard

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

2.	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.

3.	Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico ("The Leng Catalogue") Charles W. Leng. 1920. John D. Sherman, Jr., Mount Vernon, NY. x + 470 pp.

4.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 16 April, 2010 - 1:11pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 26 March, 2024 - 5:23pm

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