| Red cross beetle | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Melyridae |
| Genus: | Collops |
| Species: | C. balteatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Collops balteatus LeConte, 1852 | |
Collops balteatus, commonly known as the red cross beetle, is a species of soft-winged flower beetle in the family Melyridae. It is found in the south-central United States and Mexico. [1]
A collop is a slice of meat, according to one definition in the Oxford English Dictionary. In Elizabethan times, "collops" came to refer specifically to slices of bacon. Shrove Monday, also known as Collop Monday, was traditionally the last day to cook and eat meat before Ash Wednesday, which was a non-meat day in the pre-Lenten season also known as Shrovetide. A traditional breakfast dish was collops of bacon topped with a fried egg.
Melyridae are a family of beetles of the superfamily Cleroidea.
Bombus balteatus, the golden-belted bumble bee, is a species of bumblebee with a boreal and high altitude distribution in northern Eurasia and North America.
Typocerus is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae, containing the following species:
Tilloclytus is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae, containing the following species:
Furcifer balteatus, also known as the two-banded chameleon or the rainforest chameleon, is a species of chameleon that is endemic to Madagascar. It was described by André Marie Constant Duméril and Gabriel Bibron in 1851.
Ampedus balteatus is a species of beetle from the family Elateridae and the genus Ampedus.
Cylindrothorax balteatus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, and the only species in the genus Cylindrothorax. It was described by Heath in 1903.
Malachiinae is a subfamily of beetles of the family Melyridae and having a global distribution.
Monochamus balteatus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1903.
Monoxenus balteatus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1903.
Malthinus balteatus is a species of soldier beetles native to Europe.
Collops is a genus of soft-winged flower beetles in the family Melyridae. There are more than 30 described species in Collops.
Litargus is a genus of hairy fungus beetles in the family Mycetophagidae. There are at least 20 described species in Litargus.
Typocerus balteatus is a species of flower longhorn in the beetle family Cerambycidae. It is found in North America.
Litargus balteatus, the stored grain fungus beetle, is a species of hairy fungus beetle in the family Mycetophagidae. It is found in North America, Oceania, Europe, and temperate Asia.
Collops bipunctatus, the two-spotted melyrid, is a species of soft-winged flower beetle in the family Melyridae. It is found mainly in North America.
Collops quadrimaculatus, the four-spotted collops, is a species of soft-winged flower beetle in the family Melyridae. It is found in Central and North America.
Collops vittatus, the melyrid beetle, is a species of soft-winged flower beetle in the family Melyridae. It is found in North and Central America.
Red cross beetle may refer to:
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