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Family Meloidae - Blister Beetles

New Meloidae from Arizona.

By Skinner, H.
Entomological News, 15: 217., 1904

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Skinner, H. (1904). New Meloidae from Arizona. Entomological News, 15: 217.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 26 September, 2025 - 3:30pm

Size, mating success and courtship pattern in the Meloidae (Coleoptera)

By Pinto J., Mayor A.
Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 79: 597–604, 1986

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Contributed by v belov on 19 December, 2023 - 7:56pm

The Meloidae (Coleoptera) of Wisconsin

By Marschalek D.A., Young D.K.
Zootaxa 4030: 1‒89, 2015

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Contributed by v belov on 19 December, 2023 - 12:14am

Distributional and biological notes on recently collected North American Meloidae (Coleoptera).

By Huether, J.P. and M.K. Huether.
Pan-Pacific Entomologist 91(2): 157-167., 2015

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Huether, J.P. and M.K. Huether. 2015. Distributional and biological notes on recently collected North American Meloidae (Coleoptera). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 91(2): 157-167.

Abstract
This paper provides distributional and biological notes for 43 species and subspecies of North American Meloidae in the genera Epicauta Dejean, 1834, Eupompha LeConte, 1858, Gnathium Kirby, 1818, Linsleya MacSwain, 1951, Lytta Fabricius, 1775, Meloe Linnaeus, 1758, Nemognatha Illiger, 1807, Pleuropasta Wellman, 1909, Pseudozonitis Dillon, 1952, Pyrota Dejean, 1834, Rhyphonemognatha Enns, 1956, Spastonyx Selander, 1954, and Zonitis Fabricius, 1775.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 6 April, 2016 - 4:54pm

The Meloidae (Coleoptera) of Texas

By Dillon, Lawrence S.
American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 48, No. 2:330-420, 1952

Dillon, Lawrence S. 1952. The Meloidae (Coleoptera) of Texas. American Midland Naturalist. Vol. 48, No. 2 (Sep., 1952), pp. 330-420

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Contributed by Chuck Sexton on 14 August, 2015 - 7:39am

New species and new synonymy in Pyrota Dejean (Coleoptera: Meloidae).

By Selander, R.B.
The Coleopterists Bulletin 17(2): 33-41., 1963

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Selander, R.B. 1963. New Species and New Synonymy in Pyrota Dejean (Coleoptera: Meloidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 17(2): 33-41.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 1 October, 2014 - 7:49am

Descriptions and records of North American Meloidae. I. (Coleoptera).

By Selander, E.B.
Proceedings of The Entomological Society of Washington 59: 135-141., 1957

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Selander, E.B. 1957. Descriptions and records of North American Meloidae. I. (Coleoptera). Proceedings of The Entomological Society of Washington 59(3): 135-141.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 1 October, 2014 - 7:04am

The Meloidae of Maryland

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

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Contributed by v belov on 7 April, 2013 - 11:50am

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