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Species Nemognatha scutellaris

Nemognatha sp.? - Nemognatha scutellaris

Orange Blister Beetle - Nemognatha scutellaris

Bright red beetle - Nemognatha scutellaris

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 Nemognathinae

Tribe Nemognathini

Genus Nemognatha

No Taxon (subgenus Pauronemognatha)

Species scutellaris (Nemognatha scutellaris)

Explanation of Names

Nemognatha scutellaris LeConte 1853

Size

5-10 mm(1)

Range

WA-CA to sw.SD-CO-AZ(1)

Season

27.II-27.X(1)

Food

hosts: reared from cells of 9 bee genera(1)

Works Cited

1.	A revision of the genera Nemognatha, Zonitis, and Pseudozonitis (Coleoptera, Meloidae) in America north of Mexico, with.... Enns, W.R. 1956. University of Kansas Scientific Bulletin 37(17): 685-909.

Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 17 March, 2009 - 1:48pm
Additional contributions by Hartmut Wisch, v belov
Last updated 7 February, 2015 - 12:00pm

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