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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Blister Beetles (Meloidae) » Meloinae » Oil Beetles (Meloe) » subgenus Meloe (Meloe subgenus Meloe) » Meloe campanicollis
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Meloe? - Meloe campanicollis - male
Copyright © 2011 Dave McShaffrey

Meloe? - Meloe campanicollis - Male
Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, USA
November 2, 2011
I'm pretty sure this blister beetle is in the genus Meloe, but does anyone recognize the species?

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Contributed by Dave McShaffrey on 2 November, 2011 - 5:54pm
Last updated 3 November, 2011 - 7:21am

John Pinto: "I assume this is M. campanicollis...
"...but would need to see the pronotum directly from above to be sure. It is not the other possible fall species so I think it has to be campanicollis"

Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 3 November, 2011 - 7:21am login or register to post comments

 
additional image
Thanks for the ID - I added another image, hopefully showing the critical area of the pronotum, along with some ecological details.
… Dave McShaffrey, 3 November, 2011 - 10:46am login or register to post comments

 
ID confirmed by J.D. Pinto: "yes, M. campanicollis"
the last one is a really good shot, Dave! =v=
… v belov, 3 November, 2011 - 5:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the ID - and the c
Thanks for the ID - and the compliment!
… Dave McShaffrey, 4 November, 2011 - 7:53am login or register to post comments

proscarabaeus?
proscarabaeus?
… lsaverbio, 2 November, 2011 - 9:21pm login or register to post comments

 
proscarabaeus is a Palaearctic species
...not known to occur in the New World
… v belov, 2 November, 2011 - 9:41pm login or register to post comments

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