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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Blister Beetles (Meloidae) » Meloinae » Eupomphini » Desert Spider Beetles (Cysteodemus) » Black Bladder-bodied Meloid (Cysteodemus wislizeni)
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blue/green bug - Cysteodemus wislizeni
Copyright © 2007 Brenda Tramel

blue/green bug - Cysteodemus wislizeni
Alamogordo, Otero County, New Mexico, USA
June 1, 2007
I found this hiking in New Mexico. In the sun light it looks matalic green (sometimes blue), but the pictures would not give it's full color.

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blue/green bug - Cysteodemus wislizeni blue/green bug - Cysteodemus wislizeni blue/green bug - Cysteodemus wislizeni
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Contributed by Brenda Tramel on 19 July, 2007 - 12:07am
Last updated 19 July, 2007 - 11:52am

Nice to see some Otero County bugs.
I saw this species as a kid at the Tularosa town dump in the 1950's.
… Jim McClarin, 19 July, 2007 - 5:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Otero bug
Jim,

Does this bug have a common name? Maybe even a name that the native New Mexican's use.
Do you have any pictures of this kind of bug in your collection?
… Brenda Tramel, 19 July, 2007 - 10:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Sorry, no photos or common names :-(
I haven't lived in New Mexico since 1959 although I've visited in Las Cruces a couple times recently. I never saw them over there though.

There are other photos of them on bugguide though. Just click on the Cysteodemus link above this image to see them.
… Jim McClarin, 20 July, 2007 - 5:49am login or register to post comments

yes, Meloidae
genus Cysteodemus
… Boris Büche, 19 July, 2007 - 1:30am login or register to post comments

Meloidae???
Not sure at all, if it is a Meloidae we don't have anythig like it in my area.
But by the look of the head and the way the elytra don't cover all the abdomen, i feel safe enough to give it a try...
… Dany Brown, 19 July, 2007 - 12:31am login or register to post comments

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