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Species Emelinus melsheimeri

Aderid - Emelinus melsheimeri - female beetle - Emelinus melsheimeri - female Emelinus melsheimeri (LeConte) - Emelinus melsheimeri - male Beetle on Sycamore - Emelinus melsheimeri Ant-like Leaf Beetle - Emelinus melsheimeri - female Emelinus melsheimeri Emelinus melsheimeri? - Emelinus melsheimeri - female Emelinus melsheimeri - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea
Family Aderidae (Ant-like Leaf Beetles)
Genus Emelinus
Species melsheimeri (Emelinus melsheimeri)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Emelinus melsheimeri (LeConte)
Orig. Comb: Xylophilus melsheimeri LeConte 1855
Size
1.9-2.5 mm(1)
Range
e US to c.TX, se.AZ (MA-FL to WI*-e.AZ) / Mex. - Map (2)(3)(4)(*BG data)
Print References
LeConte, J.L. 1855. Synopsis of the Pyrochroidae of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7: 270-277.
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.Tenebrionoidea of South Carolina
Janet C. Ciegler. 2014. Clemson University.
2.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
3.Beetles of Western North America.
Evans, A.V. 2021. Princeton University Press.
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 6 July, 2006 - 8:46am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 21 February, 2024 - 1:00pm

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