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Meracantha
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Meracantha

Meracantha is a genus of darkling beetles found in North America. It contains one extant species, M. contracta, and also the extinct species M. lacustris.

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1 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Contracted Darkling Beetle

speciesMeracantha contracta

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