Melalgus confertus
{{Short description|Species of beetle}}
{{Speciesbox
| genus = Melalgus
| image = Melalgus confertus.jpg
| image_caption =
| species = confertus
| authority = (LeConte, 1866)
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Melalgus confertus, known generally as the branch and twig borer or grape cane borer, is a species of horned powder-post beetle in the family Bostrichidae. It is found in North America.
References
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{{Cite web| title=Melalgus confertus Report
| url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=817363
| website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System
| accessdate=2019-09-24
}}
{{Cite web| title=Melalgus confertus
| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/6005864
| website=GBIF
| accessdate=2019-09-24
}}
{{Cite web| title=Melalgus confertus species Information
| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/756535
| website=BugGuide.net
| accessdate=2019-09-24
}}
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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://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/22150
}}
- {{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
| hdl-access = free
}}
- {{Cite book
| title = World Catalogue of Bostrichidae (Coleoptera)
| date = 2007
| last1 = Borowski | first1 = Jerzy
| last2 = Wegrzynowicz | first2 = Piotr
| publisher = Wydawnictwo Mantis
| isbn = 9788392618218
}}
- {{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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Category:Beetles described in 1866
Category:Taxa named by John Lawrence LeConte
Category:Beetles of North America
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