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Species Cysteodemus wislizeni - Black Bladder-bodied Meloid

Beetle of some sort? - Cysteodemus wislizeni

Cysteodemus (spider beatle) - Cysteodemus wislizeni

Metalic beatle ?? - Cysteodemus wislizeni

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)

Subfamily Meloinae

Genus Cysteodemus (Desert Spider Beetles)

Species wislizeni (Black Bladder-bodied Meloid)

Explanation of Names

cyst, =is, -o (G). The bladder; a bag (1)

demas (G). A living body (1)

wislizeni - Patronym for Friedrich Adolph Wislizenus, 1810-1889

Numbers

Two spp of Cysteodemus (2)

Range

Texas to Arizona

Season

Spring

Print References

Pinto, J.D. 1972. A taxonomic revision of the genus Cordylospasta (Coleoptera: Meloidae) with an analysis of geographic variation in C. opaca. Canadian Entomologist, 104: 1161-1180.

Pinto, J.D. 1984. A taxonomic review of Cysteodemus LeConte, Phodaga LeConte and Pleuropasta Wellman (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eupomphina) with a new generic synonymy. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 86: 127-143.

Internet References

http://www.texasento.net/Cysteodemus.htm]Texas Beetles - Mike Quinn

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms By Donald J. Borror

2.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)

Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 28 February, 2007 - 1:49am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 8 July, 2007 - 2:41pm

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