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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Click Beetles (Elateridae) » Elaterinae » Melanotini » Melanotus » Melanotus longulus » Melanotus longulus longulus
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Slender Click Beetle - Melanotus longulus
Copyright © 2012 Jim Moore

Slender Click Beetle - Melanotus longulus
Cardiff-by-the-Sea, San Diego County, California, USA
July 16, 1974
Size: 11mm
Another Interesting clicker!

Specimen #035

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Contributed by Jim Moore on 28 November, 2012 - 1:18am
Last updated 21 July, 2018 - 8:04pm

Moved
Moved from Melanotus longulus.
… Blaine Mathison, 21 July, 2018 - 8:04pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Click Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 29 November, 2012 - 6:36am login or register to post comments

 
ID confirmed
by examination of voucher specimen. Frassing images of tarsal claws (since they are out-of-focus and don't really contribute much).
… Blaine Mathison, 8 February, 2013 - 5:42pm login or register to post comments

clicker...
please check the tarsal claws for serrations. If serrated this is probably Melanotus longulus. If not, I need to snoop around some more...
… Blaine Mathison, 28 November, 2012 - 8:49am login or register to post comments

 
Well...
... I took couple of photos (see added image) of the tarsal claws - and they seem to be serrated...
… Jim Moore, 29 November, 2012 - 1:29am login or register to post comments

 
thanks!
looks like a good match. MCZ Type here.
… Blaine Mathison, 29 November, 2012 - 6:37am login or register to post comments

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