Melasis buprestoides
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| Species: | M. buprestoides
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Melasis buprestoides is a species of false click beetles native to Europe.[2][3]
The species name buprestoides (from the beetle genus Buprestis, and Ancient Greek ειδής eidēs, "like") refers to the species' body shape.[4] Linnaeus's original name for the beetle was Elater buprestoides. The genus name Melasis (from Ancient Greek μέλας mélas, "black") refers to the black color of the member species' body.[5]
Description[edit]
The cylindrical beetle is between six and nine millimeters long. The body's greatest width occurs on the leading edge of the scutum.
References[edit]
- ^ Linnaeus, C., 1761 Fauna Svecica sistens animalia Sveciæ Regni: mammalia, aves, amphibia, pisces, insecta, vermes. Distributa per classes & ordines, genera & species, cum differentiis specierum, synonymis auctorum, nominibus incolarum, locis natalium, descriptionibus insectorum. Editio altera, auctior. 578 pp. Laurentii Salvii (Stockholm)
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Norman H. Joy, , 1932 A Practical Handbook of British Beetles
- ^ Schenkling, Sigmund. "Erklärung der wissenschaftlichen Käfernamen (Art)" (in German).
- ^ Schenkling, Sigmund. "Erklärung der wissenschaftlichen Käfernamen (Gattung)" (in German).
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