Meloidae Gyllenhal, 1810

Blister Beetles

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Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Superfamily: ​Tenebrionoidea
Family: Meloidae

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​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

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Subfamily: Eleticinae Wellman, 1910

Genera: Eletica

Eletica testacea

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Subfamily: Meloinae Gyllenhal, 1810

Genera: Epicauta, ​Mylabris

Epicauta hirticornis

Epicauta sp. 001

Mylabris cichorii

Mylabris phalerata

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Subfamily: Nemognathinae ​Laporte, 1840

Genera: Synhoria

Synhoria maxillosa