Biology:Oenas

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Short description: Genus of beetle

Oenas
Oenas afer (Linné, 1767).jpg
Oenas afer
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Meloidae
Tribe: Lyttini
Genus: Oenas
Latreille, 1802
Type species
Meloe afer
Linnaeus, 1767

Oenas is a genus of blister beetle related to the well-known Lytta vesicatoria (a.k.a. "Spanish Fly").[1][2] The genus is Mediterranean in its distribution (from Morocco & Spain , east to Caucasus, Palestine & Iran).[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13913622 entry