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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Blister Beetles (Meloidae) » Meloinae » Eupomphini » Megetra » Megetra punctata
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Meloid - Megetra punctata
Copyright © 2010 margarethe brummermann

Meloid - Megetra punctata
1 mi north of Coronado National Monument, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
August 1, 2010
similar elytra as the Megetra from Portal. The abdomen had lost a lot of its size and there was fluid in the transport vial by the time I got the beetle home for studio photos

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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 5 August, 2010 - 12:22am
Last updated 5 August, 2010 - 12:07pm

Moved
Moved from Megetra vittata. SOrry, clicked the wrong one.
… Blaine Mathison, 5 August, 2010 - 12:07pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Blister Beetles.

Keys using Werner et al's 1966 Meloidae of Arizona.
… Blaine Mathison, 5 August, 2010 - 12:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Blaine
the female from Portal had red on her head - these guys (we saw several) don't
… margarethe brummermann, 5 August, 2010 - 12:47pm login or register to post comments

 
key charachers
in Warner et at (1966) lie in elytral sculpturing and color. No indication that the red on the head is significant.
… Blaine Mathison, 5 August, 2010 - 1:52pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… margarethe brummermann, 5 August, 2010 - 12:31am login or register to post comments

 
prob also Megetra
prob just different gender(?). I am working from home today so have access to all my keys.
… Blaine Mathison, 5 August, 2010 - 10:07am login or register to post comments

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