Meligethes simplipes Easton, 1947

Majka, Christopher, Webster, Reginald & Cline, Andrew, 2008, New records of Nitidulidae and Kateretidae (Coleoptera) from New Brunswick, Canada, ZooKeys 2 (2), pp. 337-356 : 349

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.2.23

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3793313

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF87FC-1659-4814-3BBD-4969FD0794EE

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scientific name

Meligethes simplipes Easton, 1947
status

 

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) GoogleMaps ; same locality, 22.VII.2004, R.P. Webster, rich Appalachian hardwood forest, on flowers, (9, RPW) GoogleMaps .

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).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Nitidulidae

Genus

Meligethes

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