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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Click Beetles (Elateridae) » Agrypninae » Oophorini » Aeolus » Flat Wireworm (Aeolus mellillus)
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Elateridae: Aeolus mellillus? - Aeolus mellillus
Copyright © 2011 Carl Barrentine

Elateridae: Aeolus mellillus? - Aeolus mellillus
Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota, USA
July 30, 2011
Size: Length 6-7 mm
I'm hoping to confirm or correct this ID. This specimen resembles this BG image:



Thanks for looking! ;-)
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Contributed by Carl Barrentine on 30 July, 2011 - 3:11pm
Last updated 18 November, 2011 - 3:06pm

Moved
Moved from Aeolus.
… Blaine Mathison, 18 November, 2011 - 3:06pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Click Beetles.

The genus is currently under revision by one of Paul Johnson's students at South Dakota State. I'm hesitant to put species names (especially on western specimens) until that revision is out :).
… Blaine Mathison, 30 July, 2011 - 3:30pm login or register to post comments

 
All of my specimens
with this size, color pattern, and from North Dakota have been identified by P. Johnson as Aeolus mellillus
… Guy A. Hanley, 18 November, 2011 - 2:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Guy!
Thanks for confirming the ID on this specimen! Guy, I'll have to visit with you when I'm passing through Minot. (I'd like to sneak-a-peek at your MSU moth collection sometime in the near future.) ;-)
… Carl Barrentine, 18 November, 2011 - 5:50pm login or register to post comments

 
sounds good
… Blaine Mathison, 18 November, 2011 - 3:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Blaine!
I'm pleased to learn the genus! ;-)
… Carl Barrentine, 30 July, 2011 - 3:48pm login or register to post comments

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