Meracantha is a genus of darkling beetles found in North America. It contains one extant species, M. contracta, and also the extinct species M. lacustris.[1]
| Meracantha | |
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| Meracantha contracta | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Tenebrionidae |
| Tribe: | Amarygmini |
| Genus: | Meracantha Kirby, 1837 |
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Description
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Meracantha Kirby, 1837". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
- ↑ "Meracantha contracta (Beauvois) Tenebrioniformes Tenebrionidae". entnemdept.ufl.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
- ↑ Wickham, H. F. (1909-08-01). "New fossil Coleoptera from Florissant". American Journal of Science. s4-28 (164): 126–130. doi:10.2475/ajs.s4-28.164.126. ISSN 0002-9599.