Meloe laevis
Appearance
Meloe laevis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Meloidae |
Genus: | Meloe |
Species: | M. laevis
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Binomial name | |
Meloe laevis Leach, 1815
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Meloe laevis, the oil beetle, is a species of blister beetle in the family Meloidae. It is found in the Caribbean, Central America, and North America.[1][2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Meloe laevis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Meloe laevis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Meloe laevis species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
Further reading
[edit]- 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. hdl:2142/25170. ISBN 978-0252000812.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26090-0.