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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Click Beetles (Elateridae) » Elaterinae » Melanotini » Melanotus
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Elateridae -? - Melanotus
Copyright © 2011 Kurt Schaefer

Elateridae -? - Melanotus
Texhoma, Texas County, Oklahoma, USA
June 20, 2010
Size: 15 mm
Like the Mulsanteus I submitted a few days ago only "hairy" and still 15 mm.

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Contributed by Kurt Schaefer on 4 February, 2011 - 7:48pm
Last updated 21 June, 2020 - 4:50pm

Moved
Moved from Elaterinae.
… v belov, 21 June, 2020 - 4:50pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Click Beetles.
… v belov, 22 August, 2014 - 8:34am login or register to post comments

Again, can you check the claw
Again, can you check the claws. this one looks more "Melanotus-like" than the Mulsanteus :)
… Blaine Mathison, 4 February, 2011 - 8:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Too fuzzy
they appear slender, no detail
Previous one looks more like a Dipropus.
… Kurt Schaefer, 4 February, 2011 - 9:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Previous one is most-certainl
Previous one is most-certainly Mulsanteus. This one could be a Dipropus. Dipropus spp. have membranous tarsal pads (may be hard to see) on the underside of the tarsi.
… Blaine Mathison, 5 February, 2011 - 7:18pm login or register to post comments

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