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Genus Melittomma

Long Small Beetle - Melittomma sericeum Lymexylidae, Chestnut timberworm, head - Melittomma sericeum Unidentified Beetle - Melittomma sericeum Unidentified Beetle - Melittomma sericeum Melittomma sericeum? - Melittomma sericeum Melittomma sericeum Chestnut Timberworm - Melittomma sericeum Chestnut Timberworm - Melittomma sericeum
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Lymexyloidea
Family Lymexylidae
Genus Melittomma
Explanation of Names
Melittomma Murray 1867
Numbers
A single species in our area(1), ~20 spp. total(2)
Identification
Head without epicranial pit; eyes moderate to large, emarginate anteriorly. Elytra covering abdomen, or nearly so.
Range
on several continents; in our area, e. US(1)
Remarks
our only representative of the subfamily Melittommatinae Wheeler 1986 that contains a total of 4 genera
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.BioLib.cz