Biology:Malachius aeneus
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Short description: Species of beetle
Malachius aeneus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Family: | Melyridae |
Genus: | Malachius |
Species: | M. aeneus
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Binomial name | |
Malachius aeneus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Malachius aeneus, the scarlet malachite beetle, is a species of soft-winged flower beetle in the family Melyridae.[1][2][3] The beetle was introduced to North America in 1852, and is now widespread. The larvae are frequently found near cereal crops and are known predators of Brassicogethes aeneus in Great Britain.[4]
References
- ↑ "Malachius aeneus". https://www.gbif.org/species/4449367.
- ↑ "Malachius aeneus Species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/50621.
- ↑ "Malachius aeneus Overview". http://eol.org/pages/3293799/overview.
- ↑ Majka, Christopher. "New records of Melyridae (Coleoptera) from the Maritime Provinces of Canada". The Canadian Entomologist 137 (3): 325–327. http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/PDF/Majka-Melyridae.pdf.
Further reading
- American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. 2002. ISBN 978-0849309540.
- LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/85732.
- White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897. https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780395910894.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q794578 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malachius aeneus.
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