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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles (Tenebrionoidea) » Blister Beetles (Meloidae) » Meloinae » Oil Beetles (Meloe) » Short-Winged Blister Beetle (Meloe angusticollis)

Species Meloe angusticollis - Short-Winged Blister Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea (Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles)
Family Meloidae (Blister Beetles)
Subfamily Meloinae
Genus Meloe (Oil Beetles)
Species angusticollis (Short-Winged Blister Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Meloe angusticollis Say 1824
angusticollis = 'narrow-necked'
Size
9-19 mm(1)
Range
transcontinental in so. Canada & northern half of the US(1)
Season
active primarily during spring and early summer(1), 25.iv-28.vi in WI(2)
Internet References
Species page(3)
Works Cited
1.The bionomics of blister beetles of the genus Meloe and a classification of the New World species
Pinto J.D., Selander R.B. 1970. Ill. Biol. Monogr. 42:1-222.
2.Blister beetles (Coleoptera: Meloidae) of Wisconsin: distribution and ecology
Marschalek D.A. 2013. University of Wisconsin - Madison. PhD dissertation. viii+349 pp.
3.Pickering J. et al. (20??-) Nearctic Coleoptera data base on Discover Life
Contributed by Chuck Entz on 20 November, 2007 - 11:17pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 26 September, 2013 - 3:58pm

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