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Melanaethus
Melanaethus is a genus of burrowing bugs in the family Cydnidae. There are about 12 described species in Melanaethus.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Melanaethus spinolae
speciesMelanaethus spinolae

Melanaethus subglaber
speciesMelanaethus subglaber

Melanaethus pensylvanicus
speciesMelanaethus pensylvanicus

Melanaethus crenatus
speciesMelanaethus crenatus

Melanaethus uhleri
speciesMelanaethus uhleri
Melanaethus cavicollis
speciesMelanaethus cavicollis
Melanaethus noctivagus
speciesMelanaethus noctivagus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 177102.