Biology:Melittomma sericeum
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Short description: Species of beetle
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Species: | M. sericeum
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Melittomma sericeum (Harris, 1841)
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Melittomma sericeum, the chestnut timberworm, is a species of ship-timber beetle in the family Lymexylidae.[1][2] It is found in North America.[2]

Chestnut Timberworm, Melittomma sericeum, Pryor, OK, USA[3]
References
- ↑ "Melittomma sericeum Species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/92211.
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 "Melittomma sericeum Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=708267.
- ↑ "Images and collection data for Melittomma sericeum". https://xpda.com/bugs/showQuery.aspx?taxon=Melittomma%20sericeum.
- Wheeler, Quentin D. (1986). "Revision of the genera of Lymexylidae (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, vol. 183, no. 2, 113–210.
- Young, Daniel K. / Arnett, Ross H. Jr., Michael C. Thomas, Paul E. Skelley, and J. H. Frank, eds. (2002). "Family 71. Lymexylidae Fleming 1821". American Beetles, volume 2: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea, 261–262.
Further reading
- Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
- Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
Wikidata ☰ Q2279380 entry
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