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Family Oedemeridae - False Blister Beetles

Copidita quadrimaculata Beetle on Jimson weed for ID  - Ischnomera excavata Beetle? - Ischnomera ruficollis Nacerdes melanura oedemerid? - Xanthochroa erythrocephala Asclera.... - Ischnomera nigra - male Cerambycidae - Ditylus Florida Beetle for ID - Oxycopis thoracica
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 Oedemeridae (False Blister Beetles)
Other Common Names
Pollen Feeding Beetles(1)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
revised in (2)
Explanation of Names
Oedemeridae Latreille 1810
Oedemera: Greek οιδειν 'swell' + μηροσ 'thigh'(3)
Numbers
3 subfamilies, with ~90 spp. in 18 genera in our area, ~1500 spp. in 115 genera worldwide(4) [500/100 per(5)]; 13 spp. in Canada(6)
Overview of our fauna
Family Oedemeridae
Subfamily Oedemerinae
Size
5‒20 mm
Identification
Key to Florida spp. in (1)
Habitat
Most abundant along the coast and in moist wooded habitats. Adults of some species are nectar and pollen feeders and often found on flowers. They are also found resting on foliage or in moist, rotten logs. Larvae develop in moist, decaying logs, stumps, and roots of hardwoods and conifers, including wharf pilings and driftwood.(7)
Remarks
some produce toxic defensive chemicals
See Also
Internet References
Works Cited
1.Arnett R.H., Jr. (2000‒2005) False blister beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Oedemeridae)
2.A revision of the Nearctic Oedemeridae (Coleoptera)
Arnett R.H., Jr. 1951. American Midland Naturalist 45: 257‒391.
3.The Century Dictionary: an encyclopedic lexicon of the English language
4.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.
5.Order Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang Z.-Q. (ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification...
Ślipiński S.A., Leschen R.A.B., Lawrence J.F. 2011. Zootaxa 3148: 203–208.
6.The Oedemeridae (Coleoptera) of Atlantic Canada
C.G. Majka & D. Langor. 2011. Journal of the Acadian Entomological Society 7: 1-6.
7.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.