Meligethes simplipes Easton 1947

• Main Authors: Majka, Christopher, Webster, Reginald, Cline, Andrew
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2008
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Nitidulidae; Meligethes; Meligethes simplipes; Canada; Alaska; Prince Edward Island
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3793312; https://zenodo.org/record/3793312

Meligethes simplipes Easton, 1947 Carleton Co.: Jackson Falls, Bell Forest, 46.2210°N, 67.7210°W, 12.VII.2004, K. Bredin, J. Edsall, R.P. Webster, rich Appalachian hardwood forest, (1, RWC); same locality, 22.VII.2004, R.P. Webster, rich Appalachian hardwood forest, on flowers, (9, RPW). Meligethes simplipes has been recorded in Canada from Ontario east to Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia (McNamara 1991; Majka and Cline 2006), and in the United States from New York south to West Virginia and west to Tennessee and Ohio (Easton 1955). The species is commonly found on flowers of Rubus canadensis L. (Rosaceae) and Syringa (Oleaceae) (Easton 1955). : Published as part of Majka, Christopher, Webster, Reginald & Cline, Andrew, 2008, New records of Nitidulidae and Kateretidae (Coleoptera) from New Brunswick, Canada, pp. 337-356 in ZooKeys 2 (2) on page 349, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.2.23, http://zenodo.org/record/576398 : {"references": ["McNamara J (1991) Family Nitidulidae: sap beetles. In: Bousquet Y (Ed) Checklist of Beetles of Canada and Alaska. Agriculture Canada Research Branch Publication 1861 / E.: 214 - 217.", "Majka CG, Cline AR (2006) Th e Nitidulidae and Kateretidae (Coleoptera) of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Th e Canadian Entomologist 138: 314 - 332.", "Easton AM (1955) A revision of the Nearctic species of the beetle genus Meligethes (Nitidulidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 104: 87 - 103."]}