Melalgus

{{Short description|Genus of beetles}}

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| image = Melalgus batillus.jpg

| image_caption = Melalgus batillus

| taxon = Melalgus

| authority = Dejean, 1833

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

File:Bostrichid Beetle (Melalgus femoralis) (16308313837).jpg

Species

These 25 species belong to the genus Melalgus:

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References

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{{Cite web| title=Melalgus Report

| url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=817262

| website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System

| accessdate=2019-09-24

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{{Cite web| title=Melalgus

| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/4761308

| website=GBIF

| accessdate=2019-09-24

}}

{{Cite web| title=Melalgus genus Information

| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/385839

| website=BugGuide.net

| accessdate=2019-09-24

}}

{{Cite journal

| title = Catalogue of the world genera and subgenera of the superfamilies Derodontoidea and Bostrichoidea (Coleoptera: Derodontiformia, Bostrichiformia)

| date = 2014

| last1 = Zahradník | first1 = Petr

| last2 = Háva | first2 = Jiří

| journal = Zootaxa

| volume = 3754| issue = 4| pages = 301–52

| url = https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285634873

| doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.3754.4.1

| pmid=24869695

}}

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Further reading

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  • {{Cite journal

| title = Guide to insect borers in North American broadleaf trees and shrubs

| date = 1995

| last1 = Solomon | first1 = J. D.

| journal = USDA Forest Service Agriculture Handbook

| url = https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/22150

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  • {{Cite journal

| title = A revision of the North American species of beetles belonging to the family Bostrichidae

| date = 1950

| last1 = Fisher | first1 = W. S.

| journal = United States Department of Agriculture Miscellaneous Publication

| issue = 698| pages = 1–157

| url = https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/65663

| hdl=2027/uva.x030450778

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  • {{Cite book

| title = World Catalogue of Bostrichidae (Coleoptera)

| date = 2007

| last1 = Borowski | first1 = Jerzy

| last2 = Wegrzynowicz | first2 = Piotr

| publisher = Wydawnictwo Mantis

| isbn = 9788392618218

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  • {{Cite book

| title = Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea

| date = 2007

| editor-last1 = Lobl | editor-first1 = I.

| editor-last2 = Smetana | editor-first2 = A.

| publisher = Apollo Books

| isbn = 978-8788757675

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  • {{Cite book

| title = Death-watch and spider beetles of Wisconsin (Coleoptera: Ptinidae)

| date = 2012

| last1 = Arango | first1 = Rachel A.

| last2 = Young | first2 = Daniel K.

| publisher = U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service

| series = General Technical Report| volume = FPL–GTR–209

| url = http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/fplgtr/fpl_gtr209.pdf

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