| Actenodia | |
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| Actenodia distincta | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Meloidae |
| Genus: | Actenodia Laporte de Castelnau in Brullé, 1840 |
Actenodia is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. [1] The genus was named and described by Francis de Laporte de Castelnau in 1840.
The genus was revised in 2008, and contains the following 18 species: [2]
François-Louis Nompar de Caumont Laporte, comte de Castelnau was a French naturalist, known also as François Laporte or Francis de Castelnau. The standard author abbreviation Castelnau is used to indicate him when citing a botanical name and zoological names other than insects. Laporte is typically used when citing an insect name, or Laporte de Castelnau.
Cantharis is a large genus of soldier beetles in the family Cantharidae with narrow and soft elytra.
Melyridae are a family of beetles of the superfamily Cleroidea.
Cerocoma is a Palearctic genus of blister beetle, whose biology is poorly known. As in other members of the family, these insects are hypermetamorphic. Larval hosts of few species were described. Imagines show distinct sexual dimorphism in the feeding apparatus and the antennae. All species in this genus have aposematic colouration.
Nemognatha chrysomeloides is a species of oil beetle (Meloidae) endemic to Central and South America.
Mylabris is a genus of beetles in the family Meloidae. It is endemic to the Palearctic realm. The species-rich genus Hycleus was historically confused with Mylabris and have their greatest diversity in the Afrotropics.
Epicauta is a genus of beetles in the blister beetle family, Meloidae. The genus was first scientifically described in 1834 by Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean. Epicauta is distributed nearly worldwide, with species native to all continents except Australia and Antarctica. Surveys have found the genus to be particularly diverse in northern Arizona in the United States. Few species occur in the Arctic, with none farther north than the southern Northwest Territory of Canada.
Celadonia is a genus of beetles in the family Callirhipidae. It was described by Laporte de Castelnau in 1840.
Hycleus is a genus of blister beetle belonging to the Meloidae family found in Africa and Asia. The genus contains over 400 species, which historically have been confused with the genus Mylabris.
Lytta is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are about 70 described species in North America, and over 100 species worldwide.
Pteropliini is a tribe of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae.
Zonitis is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. The genus was named and described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775.
Hycleus pulchripennis is a species of blister beetles of the family Meloidae that lives in São Tomé and Príncipe. The species was described in 1910. Formerly described as species of the genus Actenodia, it was attributed to Hycleus in 2008.
Neomida is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are about 18 described species in Neomida.
Ptilodactyla is a genus of toe-winged beetles in the family Ptilodactylidae. There are more than 30 described species in Ptilodactyla.
Piestus is a genus of flat rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are more than 30 described species in Piestus.
Blaps is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are more than 30 described species in Blaps, the genus being most commonly found in Eurasia and Australia, with occasional sightings elsewhere in the world.
Diaperis is a genus of darkling beetle with species known from Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Some species were formerly placed in the genus Allophasia. A species described in this genus is now Serrania viridula.
Hycleus rouxi, is a species of blister beetle found in India, and Sri Lanka.
