''Apalus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

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 ...

from the

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

Meloidae. The species within the genus ''Apalus'' are

parasitoid In evolutionary ecology, a parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host (biology), host at the host's expense, eventually resulting in the death of the host. Parasitoidism is one of six major evolutionarily stable str ...

s of solitary bees of the families Colletidae and

Anthophoridae Apidae is the largest family within the superfamily Apoidea, containing at least 5700 species of bees. The family includes some of the most commonly seen bees, including bumblebees and honey bees, but also includes stingless bees (also used for ...

Species

The following species are classified under the genus ''Apalus'': * ''

Apalus bimaculatus ''Apalus bimaculatus'', the early blister beetle, is a species of blister beetle from the family Meloidae. It is the type species of the genus '' Apalus''. Description This species is a long predominantly black beetle which has distinctive ye ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1761) * '' Apalus binaevus'' (Prochazka, 1892) * '' Apalus bipunctatus'' Germar, 1817 * '' Apalus creticus'' (Frivaldsky, 1877) * '' Apalus gibbicollis'' Borchmann, 1910 * '' Apalus guerini'' (Mulsant, 1858) * '' Apalus longipennis'' Pic, 1913 * '' Apalus montanus'' Escherich, 1897 * '' Apalus necydaleus'' ( Pallas, 1782) * '' Apalus spectabilis'' E.Frivaldsky, 1835

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2111972 Meloidae