Biology:Cissites maculata

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Short description: Species of beetle

Cissites maculata
Cissites maculatus (Swederus, 1787).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Meloidae
Genus: Cissites
Species:
C. maculata
Binomial name
Cissites maculata
(Swederus, 1787)[1]

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