Melanoxanthus melanocephalus (Fabricius)

Van Zwaluwenburg, R. H., 1942, Elaterid And Eucnemid Beetles Of Guam, Insects of Guam I, Honolulu, Hawaii: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, pp. 53-55 : 53

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5159555

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5163520

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scientific name

Melanoxanthus melanocephalus (Fabricius)
status

 

5. Melanoxanthus melanocephalus (Fabricius) .

Elater melanocephalus Fabricius , Spec. Ins. 1: 272, 1781.

A single specimen was taken by Swezey in a house in Piti, Sept. 9, 1936 .

It occurs throughout the Pacific area, and westward to the islands of the Indian Ocean.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Elateridae

Genus

Melanoxanthus