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Species Tegrodera aloga

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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
Tribe Eupomphini
Genus Tegrodera (Iron Cross Blister Beetle)
Species aloga (Tegrodera aloga)
Explanation of Names
Tegrodera aloga Skinner 1903
Identification
The most distinctive species(1)
Range
much of the Sonoran Desert in w. AZ, extreme se. CA & nw. Sonora(1)
Food
adults feed on spring blossoms of Nama hispidum and Eriastrum(2)
Works Cited
1.A taxonomic study of the genus Tegrodera (Coleoptera: Meloidae)
Pinto J.D. 1975. The Canadian Entomologist 107: 45-66.
2.Living With Insects of the Southwest: How to Identify Helpful, Harmful and Venomous Insects
Floyd G. Werner, Carl Olson. 1994. Perseus Publishing.
Contributed by Ken Schneider on 27 February, 2009 - 11:12pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 26 March, 2013 - 7:40am

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