Biology:Apalus

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Apalus
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Apalus bimaculatus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Meloidae
Tribe: Sitarini
Genus: Apalus
Fabricius, 1775
Type species
Meloe bimaculatus
Linnaeus, 1767[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Apalomus Rafinesque, 1815
  • Corioligiton Marseul, 1879
  • Criolis Mulsant, 1858
  • Criolus Wellman, 1910
  • Deratus Motschulsky, 1848
  • Hapalpus Wellman, 1910
  • Hapalus Illiger, 1801
  • Sitaropsis Yablokov-Khnzoryan, 1958

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.[1]

Species

The following species are classified under the genus Apalus:[2]

  • Apalus bimaculatus (Linnaeus, 1761)
  • Apalus binaevus (Prochazka, 1892)
  • Apalus bipunctatus Germar, 1817
  • Apalus creticus (Frivaldsky, 1877)
  • Apalus gibbicollis Borchmann, 1910
  • Apalus guerini (Mulsant, 1858)
  • Apalus longipennis Pic, 1913
  • Apalus montanus Escherich, 1897
  • Apalus necydaleus (Pallas, 1782)
  • Apalus spectabilis E.Frivaldsky, 1835

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 M. A. Bologna; J. D. Pinto (2002). "The Old World genera of Meloidae (Coleoptera): a key and synopsis". Journal of Natural History 36: 2013–2102. doi:10.1080/00222930110062318. https://www.zin.ru/animalia/coleoptera/pdf/bologna_pinto_2002_old_world_genera_meloidae.pdf. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Apalus Fabricius, 1775". GBIF Global Biodiversity Information Facility. https://www.gbif.org/species/9097944. Retrieved 24 June 2018. 

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