Megalodacne heros
| Megalodacne heros | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Erotylidae |
| Genus: | Megalodacne |
| Species: | M. heros |
| Binomial name | |
| Megalodacne heros (Say, 1823) | |
Megalodacne heros is a species of pleasing fungus beetle in the family Erotylidae. It is found in eastern North America.[1][2][3]
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10-23 mm in length and 6.5-9 mm[4] wide as adult, by standards of its family this beetle is huge, and across its range it is the largest pleasing fungus beetle. Its close relative M.fasciata, which co-occurs with M.heros, can often be distinguished by smaller size (less than 20 mm), and always by having a pronotum that has flaring side margins instead of an almost rectangular shape, and "shoulder" blotches that are less extensive.[5]
References
Media related to Megalodacne heros at Wikimedia Commons
- ↑ "Megalodacne heros Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ↑ "Megalodacne heros". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ↑ "Megalodacne heros species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ↑ Deelder, C.L. (1942): Revision of the Erotylidae (Coleoptera) of the Leiden Museum. Zool. Meded. 24(3): 49-115. Fulltext
- ↑ Goodrich, Michael A. and Springer, Charles A. (1999): The Pleasing Fungus Beetles (Coleoptera: Erotylidae) of Nebraska. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 25: 53-71.Fulltext
Further reading
- Boyle, W. Wayne (1956). "A revision of the Erotylidae of America North of Mexico (Coleoptera)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 110 (2): 61–172.