Meracantha
Genus of beetles
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Meracantha is a genus of darkling beetles found in North America. It contains one extant species, M. contracta, and also the extinct species M. lacustris.[1]
| Meracantha | |
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| Meracantha contracta | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Tenebrionidae |
| Tribe: | Amarygmini |
| Genus: | Meracantha Kirby, 1837 |
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