Description of click beetle, Melanotus dichrous (Erichson,1841) (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Melanotinae) from Kurdistan region-Iraq

Volume 9, Issue 3
Summer 2018
Page 195-199

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Salahaddin University – College of Agriculture

2 Mosul University – College of Agriculture and Forestry

Abstract
Click beetle ,Melanotus dichrous (Erichson) was described from Kurdistan region-Iraq/ Erbil. Distinctive characteristics of this species are, Mandibles bidenticate, Fourth palpomereare axe shaped , Median lobe of male genitalia cone shaped and Parameres sub-parallel, apically beveled funnel shaped sparsely, yellow setae. The important parts especially Labrum, Mandibles, Antenna and Male genitalia were illustrated.

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