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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Blister Beetles (Meloidae) » Meloinae » Oil Beetles (Meloe) » subgenus Meloe (Meloe subgenus Meloe) » Meloe strigulosus

Species Meloe strigulosus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Print 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
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea
Family Meloidae (Blister Beetles)
Subfamily Meloinae
Genus Meloe (Oil Beetles)
No Taxon (subgenus Meloe)
Species strigulosus (Meloe strigulosus)
Explanation of Names
Meloe strigulosus Mannerheim 1852
Size
9‒17 mm(1)
Identification
Antennomere 4 slightly shorter than 3rd and 5th
Range
AK‒Baja‒AZ(1)
Season
Winter-active
Print References
Saul-Gershenz L.S., Heddle M.L. (2004) New records of Pedilus (Coleptera: Pyrochroidae) on Meloe stigulosus Mannerheim 1852 (Coleoptera: Meloidae). Pan-Pac. Entomol. 80: 18‒22. (Full text)
Pinto J.D., Westcott R.L., Stouthamer R., Rugman-Jones P.F. (2020) Phoretic relationships of the blister beetle Meloe (Meloe) strigulosus Mannerheim (Coleoptera: Meloidae) from a coastal dune habitat in Oregon. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 146: 549–576.
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.
Contributed by William Ericson on 15 December, 2008 - 3:20pm
Additional contributions by Boris Bueche, Aaron Schusteff, Acmaeodera, v belov
Last updated 15 February, 2025 - 6:27pm

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