Species Megetra cancellata

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Print References · Internet References

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Tenebrionoidea (Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles)

Family Meloidae (Blister Beetles)

Genus Megetra

Species cancellata (Megetra cancellata)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Meloe cancellatus Brandt & Erichson, 1832

Range

SE Arizona to New Mexico (including Hidalgo, Grant, Luna, Socorro, & Bernalillo counties); W Texas (El Paso, Hudspeth, Culberson, & Reeves counties)

also Mexico

For complete record please see Selander paper cited below.

Print References

Selander, R.B. 1965. A taxonomic revision of the genus Megetra (Coleoptera: Meloidae) with ecological and behavioral notes. The Canadian Entomologist,

vol. 97, no. 6, pp. 561-580

Internet References

Megetra cancellata ; photos of type specimen at Harvard.

photo of specimen (locality given as USA) on Meloidae.com

Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 9 September, 2008 - 2:37pm
Last updated 25 February, 2009 - 5:33pm

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