Melasis bupestroides

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Melasis bupestroides
Melasis bupestroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Family:	Eucnemidae
Genus:	Melasis
Species:	M. bupestroides
Binomial name
Melasis bupestroides (Linnaeus, 1761) [1]

Melasis bupestroides is a species of false click beetles native to Europe.^[2][3]

The species name bupestroides (from the beetle genus Buprestis, and Ancient Greek ειδής eidēs, "like") refers to the species' body shape.^[4] Linnaeus's original name for the beetle was Elater buprestoides. The genus name Melasis (from Ancient Greek μέλας mélas, "black") refers to the black color of the member species' body.^[5]

Description[]

The cylindrical beetle is between six and nine millimeters long. The body's greatest width occurs on the leading edge of the scutum.

References[]

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