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Species Meligethes atratus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Cucujoidea

No Taxon (Nitidulid series)

Family Nitidulidae (Sap-feeding Beetles)

Subfamily Meligethinae (Pollen Beetles)

Genus Meligethes

Species atratus (Meligethes atratus)

Other Common Names

flower-beetle

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Meligethes atratus (Olivier)

Orig Comb: Nitidula atrata Olivier, 1790

Identification

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Range

native to Europe(1), adventive in our area (BC)(2)

Works Cited

1.	Preliminary re-examination of genus-level taxonomy of the pollen beetle subfamily Meligethinae (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) Audisio P., Cline A.R., De Biase A., et al. 2009. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49: 341–504.

2.	Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.

Contributed by v belov on 3 March, 2014 - 11:12pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 30 August, 2015 - 5:43pm

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