Melasis buprestoides
Melasis bupestroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Family:
Eucnemidae
Genus:
Melasis
Species:
M. buprestoides
Binomial name
Melasis buprestoides
(Linnaeus, 1761) [1]

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

The cylindrical beetle is between six and nine millimeters long. The body's greatest width occurs on the leading edge of the scutum.

References

  1. ↑ 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)
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ Norman H. Joy, , 1932 A Practical Handbook of British Beetles
  4. ↑ Schenkling, Sigmund. "Erklärung der wissenschaftlichen Käfernamen (Art)" (in German).
  5. ↑ Schenkling, Sigmund. "Erklärung der wissenschaftlichen Käfernamen (Gattung)" (in German).


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