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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Blister Beetles (Meloidae) » Meloinae » Eupomphini » Megetra » Megetra cancellata

Species Megetra cancellata

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Black and Red Blister Beetle - Megetra cancellata

Megetra cancellata (Brandt and Erichson) - Megetra cancellata

Blister Beetle - Megetra cancellata - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Tenebrionoidea

Family Meloidae (Blister Beetles)

Subfamily Meloinae

Tribe Eupomphini

Genus Megetra

Species cancellata (Megetra cancellata)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Megetra cancellata (Brandt & Erichson)

Orig. Comb: Meloe cancellatus Brandt & Erichson, 1832

Explanation of Names

cancell (L). 'latticework' (1)

Numbers

3 spp. n. of Mex. (2)

Range

AZ to w. TX / Mex. - Map (3)

Print References

Brandt, J.F. and W.F. Erichson. 1832. Monographia Generis Meloes. Nova Acta Academiae Leopoldina, 16(1): 103-142.

Cohen, A.C. 1984. Effects of water stress on hemolymph volume, osmotic potential and chemical composition in Megetra cancellata. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 79A(4): 547–549.

Cohen, A.C. and J.L. Cohen. 1990. Ingestion of blister beetles by a Texas horned lizard. Southwestern Naturalist 35(3): 369. (Full PDF)

Selander, R.B. 1965. A taxonomic revision of the genus Megetra (Coleoptera: Meloidae) with ecological and behavioral notes. The Canadian Entomologist, 97(6): 561-580.

Internet References

Type - MCZ, Harvard

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

2.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 9 September, 2008 - 2:37pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Aaron Schusteff
Last updated 2 June, 2023 - 10:05am

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