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Cissites Sasakii
''Cissites'' is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are at least four described species in ''Cissites''. Species These four species belong to the genus ''Cissites'': * '' Cissites auriculata'' (Champion, 1892) (big-eared blister beetle) * ''Cissites cephalotes'' (Olivier, 1795) * ''Cissites maculata ''Cissites maculata'' is a species of blister beetle that lives on the Galápagos Islands. They are a brood parasite of ''Xylocopa darwini ''Xylocopa darwini'', the Galápagos carpenter bee, is the only native species of bee in the Galápago ...'' (Swederus, 1787) * '' Cissites sasakii'' Kono, 1936 References Further reading * * * External links * Meloidae Articles created by Qbugbot {{meloidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blister Beetle
Blister beetles are beetles of the family Meloidae, so called for their defensive secretion of a blistering agent, cantharidin. About 7,500 species are known worldwide. Many are conspicuous and some are aposematically colored, announcing their toxicity to would-be predators. Description Blister beetles are hypermetamorphic, going through several larval stages, the first of which is typically a mobile triungulin. The larvae are insectivorous, mainly attacking bees, though a few feed on grasshopper eggs. While sometimes considered parasitoids, in general, the meloid larva apparently consumes the immature host along with its provisions, and can often survive on the provisions alone; thus it is not an obligatory parasitoid, but rather a facultative parasitoid, or simply a kleptoparasite. The adults sometimes feed on flowers and leaves of plants of such diverse families as the Amaranthaceae, Asteraceae, Fabaceae, and Solanaceae. Cantharidin, a poisonous chemical that causes bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meloidae
Blister beetles are beetles of the family Meloidae, so called for their defensive secretion of a blistering agent, cantharidin. About 7,500 species are known worldwide. Many are conspicuous and some are aposematically colored, announcing their toxicity to would-be predators. Description Blister beetles are hypermetamorphic, going through several larval stages, the first of which is typically a mobile triungulin. The larvae are insectivorous, mainly attacking bees, though a few feed on grasshopper eggs. While sometimes considered parasitoids, in general, the meloid larva apparently consumes the immature host along with its provisions, and can often survive on the provisions alone; thus it is not an obligatory parasitoid, but rather a facultative parasitoid, or simply a kleptoparasite. The adults sometimes feed on flowers and leaves of plants of such diverse families as the Amaranthaceae, Asteraceae, Fabaceae, and Solanaceae. Cantharidin, a poisonous chemical that causes blist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cissites Auriculata
''Cissites auriculata'', the big-eared blister beetle, is a species of blister beetle in the family Meloidae. It is found in the Caribbean The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se ... and Central America. References Further reading * * Meloidae Articles created by Qbugbot Beetles described in 1892 {{meloidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cissites Cephalotes
''Cissites'' is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are at least four described species in ''Cissites''. Species These four species belong to the genus ''Cissites'': * '' Cissites auriculata'' (Champion, 1892) (big-eared blister beetle) * '' Cissites cephalotes'' (Olivier, 1795) * ''Cissites maculata ''Cissites maculata'' is a species of blister beetle that lives on the Galápagos Islands. They are a brood parasite of ''Xylocopa darwini ''Xylocopa darwini'', the Galápagos carpenter bee, is the only native species of bee in the Galápago ...'' (Swederus, 1787) * '' Cissites sasakii'' Kono, 1936 References Further reading * * * External links * Meloidae Articles created by Qbugbot {{meloidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cissites Maculata
''Cissites maculata'' is a species of blister beetle that lives on the Galápagos Islands. They are a brood parasite of ''Xylocopa darwini ''Xylocopa darwini'', the Galápagos carpenter bee, is the only native species of bee in the Galápagos Islands, to which it is endemic. Altogether, only three species of bee are found in the islands. This species found on 75% of the largest i ...'', the Galápagos carpenter bee. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q14927553 Beetles described in 1787 Meloidae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cissites Sasakii
''Cissites'' is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are at least four described species in ''Cissites''. Species These four species belong to the genus ''Cissites'': * '' Cissites auriculata'' (Champion, 1892) (big-eared blister beetle) * ''Cissites cephalotes'' (Olivier, 1795) * ''Cissites maculata ''Cissites maculata'' is a species of blister beetle that lives on the Galápagos Islands. They are a brood parasite of ''Xylocopa darwini ''Xylocopa darwini'', the Galápagos carpenter bee, is the only native species of bee in the Galápago ...'' (Swederus, 1787) * '' Cissites sasakii'' Kono, 1936 References Further reading * * * External links * Meloidae Articles created by Qbugbot {{meloidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
