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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.

References

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

• 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.

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