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Species Cysteodemus wislizeni - Black Bladder-bodied Meloid

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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 Cysteodemus (Desert Spider Beetles)
Species wislizeni (Black Bladder-bodied Meloid)
Explanation of Names
Cysteodemus wislizeni LeConte 1851
named after Friedrich Adolph Wislizenus
Numbers
2 spp., both in sw US(1)
Size
9―16 mm(2)
Identification
dorsum shining, deep metallic blue/green/violet, lacking incrustation
C. armatus (Mojave Desert) has light-colored incrustation
Range
AZ―w.TX; n. Mexico(3)(1)
Works Cited
1.A taxonomic review of Cysteodemus, Phodaga, and Pleuropasta with a new generic synonymy
Pinto J.D. 1984. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 86: 127-143.
2.The Meloidae (Coleoptera) of Texas
Dillon, Lawrence S. 1952. American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 48, No. 2:330-420.
3.Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico ("The Leng Catalogue")
Charles W. Leng. 1920. John D. Sherman, Jr., Mount Vernon, NY. x + 470 pp.
Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 28 February, 2007 - 1:49am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Aaron Schusteff, v belov
Last updated 2 August, 2023 - 9:20pm

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