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Meligethes simplipes Easton 1947
- 1. Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS, Canada
- 2. Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service - Atlantic Forestry Centre, Charters Settlement, NB, Canada
- 3. Plant Pest Diagnostics Center, Sacramento, United States of America
Description
Meligethes simplipes Easton, 1947
Carleton Co.: Jackson Falls, Bell Forest, 46.2210°N, 67.7210°W, 12.VII.2004, K. Bredin, J. Edsall, R.P. Webster, rich Appalachian hardwood forest, (1, RWC); same locality, 22.VII.2004, R.P. Webster, rich Appalachian hardwood forest, on flowers, (9, RPW).
Meligethes simplipes has been recorded in Canada from Ontario east to Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia (McNamara 1991; Majka and Cline 2006), and in the United States from New York south to West Virginia and west to Tennessee and Ohio (Easton 1955). The species is commonly found on flowers of Rubus canadensis L. (Rosaceae) and Syringa (Oleaceae) (Easton 1955).
Notes
Published as part of Majka, Christopher, Webster, Reginald & Cline, Andrew, 2008, New records of Nitidulidae and Kateretidae (Coleoptera) from New Brunswick, Canada, pp. 337-356 in ZooKeys 2 (2) on page 349, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.2.23, http://zenodo.org/record/576398
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Related works
- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.3897/zookeys.2.23 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/576398 (URL)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFC6FF84165548183B314D35FF94915A (URL)
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- RPW , RWC
- Event date
- 2004-07-12 , 2004-07-22
- Family
- Nitidulidae
- Genus
- Meligethes
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Easton
- Species
- simplipes
- Taxon rank
- species
- Verbatim event date
- 2004-07-12 , 2004-07-22
- Taxonomic concept label
- Meligethes simplipes Easton, 1947 sec. Majka, Webster & Cline, 2008
References
- McNamara J (1991) Family Nitidulidae: sap beetles. In: Bousquet Y (Ed) Checklist of Beetles of Canada and Alaska. Agriculture Canada Research Branch Publication 1861 / E.: 214 - 217.
- Majka CG, Cline AR (2006) Th e Nitidulidae and Kateretidae (Coleoptera) of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Th e Canadian Entomologist 138: 314 - 332.
- Easton AM (1955) A revision of the Nearctic species of the beetle genus Meligethes (Nitidulidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 104: 87 - 103.