MCZ Entomology 2521

Melanotus opacicollis LeConte 1866

Lectotype of Melanotus opacicollis  
  Syntype of Melanotus opacicollis

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 2013-12-31

North America: United States: Illinois | [no specific locality data]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:2521 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Entomology 2521 Aspect: labels

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Current Identification
Melanotus opacicollis LeConte 1866
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Coleoptera Polyphaga Elateriformia Elateroidea Elateridae
Determiner: LeConte in 1866
Nature of ID: expert ID
Remarks: Determinations made by LeConte

LeConte 1866, page 390, Syntype of Melanotus opacicollis LeConte 1866
Quate and Thompson 1967, page 32, Lectotype of Melanotus opacicollis LeConte 1866

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Shows Publication: LeConte 1866 Description: Additions to the COLEOPTEROUS FAUNA of the UnitedStates. No.1.

Media type: text; Quate and Thompson 1967 Description: Revision of Click Beetle of Genus Melanotus in America North of Mexico (Coleoptera: Elateridae);

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Shows Publication: Quate and Thompson 1967 Description: Revision of Click Beetle of Genus Melanotus in America North of Mexico (Coleoptera: Elateridae)

  • type number: 2521

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (mounted) good, tentative in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
collection LeConte and Horn [no agent data]

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  • Labels: Ill; 477; (vial); M. opacicollis Lec. Walsh; type 2521; Melanotus opacicollis LeConte Lectotype Sel. L.W. Quate '62

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Illinois
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7007251 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Ill.
  • Georeference:
  • 40.0000300°, -89.250400° (Error radius: 338545m) By: Jeremy Kisala on 2019-10-09 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 2013-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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