Biology:Meloe americanus
From HandWiki
Short description: Species of beetle
| Meloe americanus | |
|---|---|
.jpg)
| |
| In New York | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Meloidae |
| Genus: | Meloe |
| Species: | M. americanus
|
| Binomial name | |
| Meloe americanus Leach, 1815
| |
Meloe americanus, the buttercup oil beetle, is a species of blister beetle in the family Meloidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3]
Subspecies
These two subspecies belong to the species Meloe americanus:
- Meloe americanus americanus
- Meloe americanus occidentalis Van
References
- ↑ "Meloe americanus Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=731694. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ↑ "Meloe americanus". https://www.gbif.org/species/1046317. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ↑ "Meloe americanus species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/284614. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
Further reading
- Pinto, John D.; Selander, Richard B. (1970). "The Bionomics of Blister Beetles of the Genus Meloe and a Classification of the New World Species". Illinois Biological Monographs 42. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.50239. ISBN 978-0252000812. https://archive.org/details/bionomicsofblist42pint.
- Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books. 2013. ISBN 978-90-04-26090-0.
Wikidata ☰ Q2465883 entry
 |  |
