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Meloidae

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Subclassis: Pterygota
Divisio: Neoptera
Subdivisio: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Superfamilia: Tenebrionoidea
Familia: Meloidae
Subfamiliae: Eleticinae - Meloinae - Nemognathinae - Tetraonycinae

Name

Meloidae Gyllenhal, 1810

References

* Bologna, M.A.; Oliverio, M.; Pitzalis, M.; Mariottini, P. 2008: Phylogeny and evolutionary history of the blister beetles (Coleoptera, Meloidae). Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 48: 679-693. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.04.019
* Selander, R.B. 1991: Meloidae (Tenebrionoidea). Pp. 530-534 in: Lawrence, J.F. (coordinator) Order Coleoptera, in: Stehr, F.W. (ed.) Immature insects, 2. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, Iowa, USA.

links

* Meloidae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
* Atlas of Meloidae of Russia

Vernacular names
Česky: Majkovití
Deutsch: Ölkäfer
English: blister beetles, oil beetles
Lietuvių: Skaudvabaliai
Nederlands: Oliekevers
日本語: ツチハンミョウ科
Polski: Oleicowate
Русский: Нарывники

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