| Oedemera podagrariae | |
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| Oedemera podagrariae – female | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Oedemeridae |
| Genus: | Oedemera |
| Species: | O. podagrariae |
| Binomial name | |
| Oedemera podagrariae (Linnaeus, 1767) | |
Oedemera podagrariae, common name false blister beetle, is a quite common species of beetles belonging to the family Oedemeridae subfamily Oedemerinae.
The adults grow up to 7–12 millimetres (0.28–0.47 in) long and can mostly be encountered from April through August feeding on pollen and nectar. The head is black. Thorax is black in the male and yellow in the female. Elytra are yellow, ochre-coloured or light brown, sometimes with darker sides. Legs are entirely or at least partially yellow. The male of Oedemera podagrariae, as in most Oedemera species, possesses the hind femora very swollen, whereas in female the femora are thin.
These beetles are present in most of Europe and in the Near East.
The family Oedemeridae is a cosmopolitan group of beetles commonly known as false blister beetles, though some recent authors have coined the name pollen-feeding beetles. There are some 100 genera and 1,500 species in the family, mostly associated with rotting wood as larvae, though adults are quite common on flowers. The family was erected by Pierre André Latreille in 1810.
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