| Mylabris variabilis | |
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| Mylabris variabilis. Dorsal view | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Meloidae |
| Genus: | Mylabris |
| Species: | M. variabilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Mylabris variabilis (Pallas, 1782) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Mylabris variabilis is a species of blister beetle belonging to the Meloidae family.
This common species is present in most of Southern Europe, from the Iberian Peninsula to southern Russia. [2] It can also be found in Caucaus and Transcaucasia, Near East and northern Levant, Middle East and Central Asia and Siberia. [3]
Mylabris variabilis can reach a body length of 8–20 millimetres (0.31–0.79 in). [3] These beetles have a cylindrical, elongate body with relatively convex, yellow-orange elytra and wide transverse black wavy stripes. Head is square shaped, with a flat forehead. Antennae are black and long with eleven segments. Pronotum is long and wide, with parallel sides. [4] The size of the black markings and the color of elytra are very variable [3] (hence the specie name variabilis). The color of their elytra can range from a yellow, to orange to a light brown. Normally they have three black bands. The 1st and 2nd bands are sometimes divided into four distinct spots. [4] They are however distinguished from the similar species by a black stripe ath the end of the abdomen. This species is very similar to Mylabris pannonica Kaszab, 1956.
This species has a very complex biological cycle. Adults fly from June to September, feeding on flowers. During the larval stage they feed on eggs and larvae of grasshoppers. [3]
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Stenopterus rufus is a beetle species of round-necked longhorns belonging to the family Cerambycidae, subfamily Cerambycinae.
Denticollis linearis is a species of click beetle belonging to the family Elateridae subfamily Dendrometrinae.
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Hycleus pustulatus is a species of blister beetle found in India, Sri Lanka, China and Java.
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Mylabris orientalis, is a species of blister beetle found in India and Sri Lanka.
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