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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...
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Meracantha contracta is a
species of
darkling beetle found in
North America.
Adult M.
contracta are 11-14 mm in length. The
pronotum is large, the abdomen...
- Laporte, 1840) from
Belize Neomida bicornis, male
Neomida bicornis,
female Meracantha contracta, USA Linnaeus, Carl (1759). "Caroli Linnæi ...
Animalium specierum...
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Macrosynopticus Pic, 1922 (Indomalaya)
Megacantha Westwood, 1843 (tropical Africa)
Meracantha W. Kirby, 1837 (North America)
Meroxys Ardoin, 1963 (tropical Africa)...
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yellowish brown to dark brown. The fore
femora have
small spines. The
meracantha is dark
brown basally and pale
yellow distally. A
large black suffusion...
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tapiacitum †Menoceras †Menoceras
barbouri Mephitis †Mephitis
mephitis †
Meracantha †
Meracantha lacustris – type
locality for
species †Merychippus †Merychippus...
