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Melanotus villosus (Geoffroy in Fourcroy, 1785)
Syn.: Melanotus rufipes (Herbst, 1784); Melanotus, erythropus Gmelin, 1789
Family: Elateridae
Size: 13.7 mm (12 to 18 mm)
Origin: Europe
Ecology: Development in rotten wood of deciduous trees
Location: England, Swilland
leg.det.D.R.Nash, 28.V.1972
Coll. Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2016

Melanotus villosus   (Flickr)