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Genus Tegrodera - Iron Cross Blister Beetle

Unknown beetle - Tegrodera aloga From  Saguaro National Park West - Tegrodera aloga iron cross blister beetle - Tegrodera aloga Red-yellow-black Beetle type - Tegrodera aloga Tegradera latecinta or aloga? - Tegrodera aloga Image 2 - Tegrodera erosa Iron Cross Beetle high above Owens Valley - Tegrodera latecincta - male An Iron Cross Beetle from near the north of the range - Tegrodera latecincta - male
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)
Other Common Names
Soldier Blister Beetle
Explanation of Names
Tegrodera LeConte 1851
Numbers
3 spp., all in our area(1)
Size
15-30 mm
Identification
species closely related, separable by minor but consistent differences of adult anatomy(1)
Range
sw. US & nw. Mexico; species allopatric:(1)
T. aloga Sonoran Desert (w.AZ-nw.Sonora)
T. erosa erosa so. CA, T. e. inornata Baja
T. latecincta CA: Owens and Antelope valleys
Habitat
each sp. associated with different plant communities(1)
Food
Eriastrum is an important food source for all adults(1)
Internet References
Genus profile (Pinto 2006)
Works Cited
1.A taxonomic study of the genus Tegrodera (Coleoptera: Meloidae)
Pinto J.D. 1975. The Canadian Entomologist 107: 45-66.