Melanotus americanus (Herbst, 1806)

A Click Beetle

Synonyms: Elater americanus, Cratonychus angustatus

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Animal

Sublevel 1: Non-chordate Invertebrate

Sublevel 2: Invertebrate with bilateral symmetry

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Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Coleoptera

Family: Elateridae

Genus: Melanotus

Species: Melanotus americanus

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations: None

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Heterotroph

HABITAT

PHOTOS OF Melanotus americanus