Melalgus

TaxID: 2109482

Basic Information

Melalgus

Horned Powder-post Beetles

Melalgus is a genus of horned powder-post beetles in the family Bostrichidae. There are more than 20 described species in Melalgus.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Coleoptera

Bostrichidae

Melalgus

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Photos (5 photos)

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(c) Mike Quinn@BY-NC
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(c) Jack Cochran@BY-NC

Morphological Features

Sexual dimorphism usually well-developed; males less conspicuously setose than females, and elytra often glabrous posteriorly, not punctured and granulate throughout. Pronotum with sides flattened or weakly concave, lateral margin without carinae. Elytra parallel-sided, moderately convex, with or without longitudinal carinae on apical declivity.

Source: GBIF Life Stage: Adult Source Type: Taxonomic treatment
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Plazi taxonomic treatment

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (0 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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No distribution records available.

Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (12 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
USCOB119-09 BOLD:AAH0436 COI-5P 658 United States 2009-04-15 33.882, -96.802
USCOB118-09 BOLD:AAH0436 COI-5P 658 United States 2009-04-15 33.882, -96.802
USCOB104-09 BOLD:AAH0436 COI-5P 658 United States 2009-04-15 33.881, -96.804
USCOB102-09 BOLD:AAH0436 COI-5P 658 United States 2009-04-15 33.882, -96.802
USCOB095-09 BOLD:AAH0436 COI-5P 608 United States 2009-04-18 33.881, -96.804
COANT231-21 BOLD:AEI8643 COI-5P 653 Martinique 2020-07-13 14.502, -60.846
COANT230-21 BOLD:AEI8643 COI-5P 654 Martinique 2020-07-15 14.432, -60.859
COANT1862-23 BOLD:AFK8717 COI-5P 654 Guadeloupe 2023-03-22 16.332, -61.763
COANT1830-23 BOLD:AFK8564 COI-5P 653 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2023-03-09 13.024, -61.233
COANT1528-22 BOLD:AFA1498 COI-5P 656 Dominican Republic 2022-08-29 18.3106, -70.8866
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