Tetraonyx (beetle)

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Tetraonyx
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Meloidae
Genus:Tetraonyx
Latreille, 1805

Tetraonyx is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are about nine described species in Tetraonyx. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Blister beetle family of insects, Coleoptera

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.

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Species

These nine species belong to the genus Tetraonyx:

Tetraonyx fulva is a species of blister beetle in the family Meloidae. It is found in North America.

Tetraonyx quadrimaculata is a species of blister beetle in the family Meloidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea and North America.

Data sources: i = ITIS, [1] c = Catalogue of Life, [2] g = GBIF, [3] b = Bugguide.net [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Tetraonyx Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Tetraonyx". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  3. 1 2 "Tetraonyx". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  4. 1 2 "Tetraonyx Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-23.

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