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Meloidae Gyllenhal, 1810 - Blister Beetles |
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea
Family: Meloidae
Blister beetles are beetles of the family Meloidae, so called for their defensive secretion of a blistering agent, cantharidin. About 7,500 species are known worldwide. Many are conspicuous and some are aposematically colored, announcing their toxicity to would-be predators. Wikipedia
Subfamily: Eleticinae Wellman, 1910
Genera: Eletica
Eletica testacea
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Subfamily: Meloinae Gyllenhal, 1810
Genera: Epicauta, Mylabris
Epicauta hirticornis
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Epicauta sp. 001
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Mylabris cichorii
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Mylabris phalerata
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Subfamily: Nemognathinae Laporte, 1840
Genera: Synhoria
Synhoria maxillosa
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