| Cissites | |
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| Cissites maculata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Meloidae |
| Subfamily: | Nemognathinae |
| Genus: | Cissites Latreille, 1804 |
Cissites is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are at least four described species in Cissites. [1] [2] [3]
These four species belong to the genus Cissites:
Blister beetles are beetles of the family Meloidae, so called for their defensive secretion of a blistering agent, cantharidin. About 7,500 species are known worldwide. Many are conspicuous and some are aposematically colored, announcing their toxicity to would-be predators.
Pseudozonitis is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are about 17 described species in Pseudozonitis.
Gnathium is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are about 16 described species in Gnathium.
Spastonyx is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are at least two described species in Spastonyx.
Eupompha is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are about 14 described species in Eupompha.
Eupomphini is a tribe of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are about 7 genera and more than 20 described species in Eupomphini.
Rhyphonemognatha is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There is one described species in Rhyphonemognatha, R. rufa.
Phodaga is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are at least two described species in Phodaga.
Tegrodera is a genus of beetles known as iron cross blister beetles and soldier blister beetles. They are in the family Meloidae. There are three described species in Tegrodera.
Megetra vittata is a species of blister beetle in the family Meloidae. It is found in North America. Like other blister beetles, megetra vittata excrete cantharidin, a toxic chemical, to defend itself from predators. Animals such as horses can fall ill and die from this toxin, as a result of eating many of these beetles, as they have been reported to get mixed in with their hay and other feed.
Megetra is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are at least three described species in Megetra.
Lytta sublaevis is a species of blister beetle in the family Meloidae. It is found in North America.
Lytta nigripilis is a species of blister beetle in the family Meloidae. It is found in North America.
Lytta aeneipennis is a species of blister beetle in the family Meloidae. It is found in North America.
Lytta nitidicollis is a species of blister beetle in the family Meloidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Cordylospasta is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are at least two described species in Cordylospasta.
Linsleya is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are about five described species in Linsleya.
Lytta polita, the bronze blister beetle, is a species of blister beetle in the family Meloidae. It is found in North America.
Pleuropasta is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are at least two described species in Pleuropasta.
Cissites auriculata, the big-eared blister beetle, is a species of blister beetle in the family Meloidae. It is found in the Caribbean and Central America.
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