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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Minute Brown Scavenger Beetles (Latridiidae) » Corticariinae » Melanophthalma » subgenus Cortilena (Melanophthalma subgenus Cortilena) » Melanophthalma simplex

Species Melanophthalma simplex

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Season · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Cortilena sp. - Melanophthalma simplex Melanophthalma simplex (LeConte) - Melanophthalma simplex Melanophthalma simplex (LeConte) - Melanophthalma simplex Melanophthalma simplex (LeConte) - Melanophthalma simplex Melanophthalma simplex (LeConte) - Melanophthalma simplex
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Coccinelloidea
No Taxon (Coccinellid group)
Family Latridiidae (Minute Brown Scavenger Beetles)
Subfamily Corticariinae
Genus Melanophthalma
No Taxon (subgenus Cortilena)
Species simplex (Melanophthalma simplex)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Melanophthalma (Cortilena) simplex (LeConte)
Orig. Comb: Corticaria simplex LeConte 1855
Identification

Det. Fred G. Andrews, 1994
Range
CA-FL-MD (1)
Season
April-June in central Texas (2)
Remarks
comes to lights.
See Also
Corticarina cavicollis (Mannerheim)
- Range: Transcontinental
Det. Fred G. Andrews, 1994
Print References
LeConte, J.L. 1855. Synopsis of the Lathridiides of the United States and northern contiguous territories. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 7: 299-305.
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.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.
2.Abundance and distribution of potential arthropod prey species in a typical Golden-cheeked Warbler habitat.
Quinn, M.A. 2000. Unpublished Thesis. Texas A&M University, College Station. ix + 182 pp.
Contributed by v belov on 18 March, 2011 - 11:03am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 29 February, 2024 - 1:15pm

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