Selatosomus melancholicus
| Selatosomus melancholicus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Family: | Elateridae |
| Genus: | Selatosomus |
| Species: | S. melancholicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Selatosomus melancholicus | |
Selatosomus melancholicus is a species of click beetle native to Europe.[2][3] This species is in the subgenus Pristilophus, which some authorities treat as a separate genus (e.g.,[4]).
References
- ^ Fabricius, J.C., 1798. Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Proft et Storch, Hafniae, Supplementum pp. 1-582
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Norman H. Joy, 1932 A Practical Handbook of British Beetles
- ^ Qiu, Lu (2018): A new species of Selatosomus Stephens and the occurrence of Pristilophus melancholicus (Fabricius) in China (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Dendrometrinae). Zootaxa 4418 (6): 588-593, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4418.6.6