| Lydomorphus dusaulti | |
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| Lydomorphus dusaulti from Ethiopia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Meloidae |
| Genus: | Lydomorphus |
| Species: | L. dusaulti |
| Binomial name | |
| Lydomorphus dusaulti (Dufour, 1821) | |
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Lydomorphus dusaulti is a species of beetle in family Meloidae.
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.
The Tenebrionoidea are a very large and diverse superfamily of beetles. It generally corresponds to the Heteromera of earlier authors.
A planidium is a specialized form of insect larva seen in the first-instar of a few families of insects that have parasitoidal ways of life. They are usually flattened, highly sclerotized (hardened), and quite mobile. The function of the planidial stage is to find a host on which the later larval instars may feed, generally until the insect pupates.
Meloe violaceus, the violet oil beetle, is a species of oil beetle belonging to the family Meloidae subfamily Meloinae.
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.
Apalus is a genus of blister beetle from the family Meloidae. The species within the genus Apalus are parasitoids of solitary bees of the families Colletidae and Anthophoridae.
Lytta navajo is a species of blister beetle in the family Meloidae. It is found in North America.
Lytta reticulata is a species of blister beetle in the family Meloidae. It is found in North America.
Lytta melaena is a species of blister beetle in the family Meloidae. It is found in North America.
Meloinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Meloidae. There are at least 330 described species in Meloinae.
Pyrota is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are at least 30 described species in Pyrota.
Pyrota tenuicostatis, the red-margined blister beetle, is a species of blister beetle in the family Meloidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Tetraonyx is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are about nine described species in Tetraonyx.
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.
Cysteodemus is a genus of desert spider beetles in the family Meloidae. There are at least two described species in Cysteodemus.
Tegrodera is a genus beetles known as iron cross blister beetles and iron cross soldier beetles. They are in the family Meloidae. There are at least three described species in Tegrodera.
Cordylospasta is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are at least two described species in Cordylospasta.
Cissites is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are at least four described species in Cissites.
Nemognathinae is a subfamily of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are about 8 genera and at least 120 described species in Nemognathinae.
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