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Species Melanotus morosus

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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 Elateridae (Click Beetles)
Subfamily Elaterinae
Tribe Melanotini
Genus Melanotus
Species morosus (Melanotus morosus)
Explanation of Names
Melanotus morosus Candèze 1860
Size
elytron 6.3-9.0 mm(1)
Range
QC-FL to ON-NE-TX(1)
Works Cited
1.Revision of click beetles of genus Melanotus in America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Elateridae).
Quate, L.W., and S.E. Thompson. 1967. Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, 121(3568): 1-83.