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Subspecies Tegrodera erosa erosa


The Meloidae of Maryland
By Staines C.L.
Maryland Entomologist 2(3): 41-52, 1983

Blister beetles (Coleoptera: Meloidae) of Wisconsin: distribution and ecology
By Marschalek D.A.
University of Wisconsin - Madison. PhD dissertation. viii+349 pp., 2013
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Another excellent study of Wisconsin beetle fauna; hope they publish it formally soon.

The Old World genera of Meloidae (Coleoptera): a key and synopsis
By Bologna M.A., Pinto J.D.
J. Nat. Hist. 36(17): 2013‒2102, 2002

A revision of the genera Nemognatha, Zonitis, and Pseudozonitis (Coleoptera, Meloidae) in America north of Mexico, with....
By Enns, W.R.
University of Kansas Scientific Bulletin 37(17): 685-909, 1956
Full title: " A revision of the genera Nemognatha, Zonitis, and Pseudozonitis (Coleoptera, Meloidae) in America north of Mexico, with a proposed new genus."


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The blister beetles (Meloidae) of Colorado
By Schmidt, J.P. 2008.
C.P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity, Fort Collins, CO, 2008
Jason Patric Schmidt. 2008. Insects of Western North America. 7. The blister beetles (Meloidae) of Colorado. C.P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity, CSU, Fort Collins, CO. iii + 296 pp.

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10 plates illustrating 149 specimens, maps. This work covers Colorado's unique blister beetle fauna. It is based on review through examination of literature, museum, and personal collections and fieldwork throught the state.

The study includes identification, ecological, and distributional information for the 15 genera and 81 species confirmed to occur in Colorado, representing nearly 26% of the known meloid fauna in the U.S.

The Meloidae of Arizona
By Werner, F. G., W. R. Enns and F. H. Parker
Agricultural Experiment Station, 1966

The New World genera of Meloidae (Coleoptera): a key and synopsis
By Pinto J.D., Bologna M.A.
J. Nat. Hist. 33: 569‒620, 1999

Tenebrionoidea of South Carolina
By Janet C. Ciegler
Clemson University, 2014
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This study of beetles in the superfamily Tenebrionoidea continues efforts to document the biodiversity of South Carolina. Twenty tenebrionoid families (excluding Ciidae and Scraptiidae) are covered: Aderidae, Anthicidae, Archeocrypticidae, Boridae, Ischaliidae, Melandryidae, Meloidae, Mordellidae, Mycetophagidae, Mycteridae, Oedemeridae, Pyrochroidae, Pythidae, Ripiphoridae, Salpingidae, Stenotrachelidae, Synchroidae, Tenebrionidae, Tetratomidae, and Zopheridae.