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Species Melanotus depressus

Melanotus depressus Click Beetle - Melanotus depressus Click Beetle - Melanotus depressus 01-Click Beetle - Melanotus depressus - female Melanotus depressus Melanotus depressus Elateridae, dorsal - Melanotus depressus Elateridae, ventral - Melanotus depressus
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 depressus (Melanotus depressus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Melanotus parumpunctatus (Melsheimer 1846)
Explanation of Names
Melanotus depressus (Melsheimer 1844)
Size
elytron 6.5-10.2 mm(1)
Range
e half of the US (CT-NC to NE-TX)(1) & ON(2)
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.
2.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.