Biology:Cissites maculata
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Short description: Species of beetle
| Cissites maculata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Meloidae |
| Genus: | Cissites |
| Species: | C. maculata
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| Binomial name | |
| Cissites maculata (Swederus, 1787)[1]
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Cissites maculata is a species of blister beetle that lives in the Neotropical realm.
Ecology
On the Galápagos Islands, they are a brood parasite of Xylocopa darwini, the Galápagos carpenter bee.[2]
References
Wikidata ☰ Q14927553 entry
