Melalgus confertus

Species of beetle

Melalgus confertus

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Coleoptera
Suborder:  | Polyphaga
Family:  | Bostrichidae
Genus:  | Melalgus
Species:  |

M. confertus

Binomial name
Melalgus confertus

(LeConte, 1866)

Melalgus confertus, known generally as the branch and twig borer or grape cane borer, is a species of horned powder-post beetle in the family Bostrichidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3]

## References

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1. ^ "Melalgus confertus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. ^ "Melalgus confertus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. ^ "Melalgus confertus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

## Further reading

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* Solomon, J. D. (1995). "Guide to insect borers in North American broadleaf trees and shrubs". USDA Forest Service Agriculture Handbook.
* Fisher, W. S. (1950). "A revision of the North American species of beetles belonging to the family Bostrichidae". United States Department of Agriculture Miscellaneous Publication (698): 1–157\. hdl:2027/uva.x030450778.
* Borowski, Jerzy; Wegrzynowicz, Piotr (2007). World Catalogue of Bostrichidae (Coleoptera). Wydawnictwo Mantis. ISBN 9788392618218.
* Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.

Taxon identifiers

Melalgus confertus|

* Wikidata: Q2042223
* BioLib: 641046
* BOLD: 727308
* BugGuide: 756535
* CoL: 72XPV
* EoL: 3267313
* GBIF: 6005864
* iNaturalist: 455142
* IRMNG: 11511168
* ITIS: 817363
* NatureServe: 2.919434
* NCBI: 2109483
* Open Tree of Life: 4593691

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