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Subfamily: Meloinae
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(beetles)
> Polyphaga > Superfamily: Cucujoidea > Family:
Meloidae (blister beetles)
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Tribe Lyttini. Lytta nitidula (Green-headed
blister beetle), 14mm.
[image by M. Picker & C.
Griffiths ©, from Field Guide to Insects of South Africa,
used with permission]. |
Tribe Meloini.
Meloe angulatus (Oil beetle), 26mm.
[image by M. Picker & C.
Griffiths ©, from Field Guide to Insects of South Africa,
used with permission]. |
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Tribe Mylabrini. Ceroctis capensis
(Spotted blister beetle), 12mm.
[image H. Robertson, Iziko ©] |
Tribe Mylabrini. Mylabris oculata
(CMR beetle), 27mm.
[image by A. Weaving ©, from Field Guide to Insects of South Africa,
used with permission]. |
Publications
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Bologna, M.A., Fattorini, S. & Pinto, J.D. 2001. Review of the
primitive blister beetle genus Iselma, with a description of the
first instar larva (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Meloidae). African
Entomology 9: 105-129.
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Bologna, M.A. & Pinto, J.P. 2001. Phylogenetic studies of the Meloidae
(Coleoptera), with emphasis on the evolution of phoresy. Systematic
Entomology 26: 33-72.
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Bologna, M.A. & Pinto. J.D. in press. The Old World genera of Meloidae
(Coleoptera): a key and synopsis. Journal of Natural History
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