''Cerocoma'' is a
Palearctic
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genus of
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 ...
, whose biology is poorly known. As in other members of the family, these insects are
hypermetamorphic
Hypermetamorphosis, or heteromorphosis,P.J. Gullan & P.S. Cranston. 2010. The Insects: An Outline of Entomology, 4th Edition. Wiley-Blackwell. is a term used in entomology that refers to a class of variants of holometabolism, that is to say, com ...
. Larval hosts of few species were described. Imagines show distinct
sexual dimorphism
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in the feeding apparatus and the antennae. All species in this genus have
aposematic colouration.
The
antennae are 9-segmented, and the
galea is modified into a sucking tube;
imagines feed on pollen and nectar of
Asteraceae
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and
Apiaceae plants. The
wings are well-developed, and the legs are long and slender.
Larvae of ''C. schreberi'' were found feeding on paralysed
mantids
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collected by ''
Tachytes
''Tachytes'' is a genus of predatory, solitary wasps, containing about 300 species.
Etymology
The name of the genus derives from the Greek ταχύτης (''tachytes''), meaning swiftness or speed.
Distribution
These wasps have a worldwide dis ...
'' wasps.
The genus is mostly Mediterranean in distribution, and encompasses about 27 species.
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lists 13 species The taxonomic division into two subgenera, ''Cerocoma'' and ''Metacerocoma'' (Kaszab, 1951) was considered unfounded by some authors. Based on morphological and molecular analysis, Turco and Bologna subdivided the genus into five subgenera: ''Cerocoma'', ''Cerocomina'', ''Mesocerocoma'', ''Metacerocoma'' and ''Meloides''.
[Systematic revision of the genus Cerocoma Geoffroy, 1762. Zootaxa, No. 2853. (29 April 2011), pp. 1-71]
List of species
Subgenus ''Metacerocoma''
* ''
Cerocoma ephesica
''Cerocoma'' is a Palearctic genus of blister beetle, whose biology is poorly known. As in other members of the family, these insects are hypermetamorphic. Larval hosts of few species were described. Imagines show distinct sexual dimorphism in th ...
''
Reitter Reitter is a German occupational surname, which means a "mounted soldier" or "knight", from the Middle High German ''ritære'' (" horseman"). Notable people with the surname include:
* Edmund Reitter (1845–1920), a Moravia-born Austrian-German e ...
, 1885
* ''
Cerocoma prevezaensis''
Dvorak, 1993
* ''
Cerocoma schreberi''
(Fabricius Fabricius ( la, smith, german: Schmied, Schmidt) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*people from the Ancient Roman gens Fabricia:
**Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome
* Johann Goldsmid (1587 ...
, 1781)
Subgenus ''Cerocoma''
* ''
Cerocoma adamovichiana''
( Piller et Mitterpacher, 1783)
* ''
Cerocoma albopilosa''
Dvořák, 1993
* ''
Cerocoma barthelemii''
Baudi, 1878
* ''
Cerocoma dahli''
Kraatz, 1863
* ''
Cerocoma festiva''
Faldermann, 1837
* ''
Cerocoma gloriosa''
Mulsant, 1857
* ''
Cerocoma graeca''
Maran, 1944
* ''
Cerocoma kunzei''
E. Frivaldsky, 1835
* ''
Cerocoma latreillei''
Baudi, 1878
* ''
Cerocoma macedonica''
Maran, 1944
* ''
Cerocoma muehlfeldi''
Gyllenhal, 1817
* ''
Cerocoma schaefferi
''Cerocoma'' is a Palearctic genus of blister beetle, whose biology is poorly known. As in other members of the family, these insects are hypermetamorphic. Larval hosts of few species were described. Imagines show distinct sexual dimorphism in th ...
''
( Linnaeus, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
)
* ''
Cerocoma scovitzi''
Faldermann, 1837
* ''
Cerocoma syriaca''
Abeille de Perrin
Abeille may refer to:
Ships
* HMS ''Abeille'' (1796), a ship of the Royal Navy
*'' Abeille Bourbon'', a high sea tow vessel
*'' Abeille Flandre'', a high sea tug of the French navy
*'' Abeille Liberté'', a salvage tug
*'' Abeille Provence'', a ...
, 1880
* ''
Cerocoma turcica''
Pardo Alcaide, 1977
* ''
Cerocoma vahli''
Fabricius, 1787
References
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Meloidae
Tenebrionoidea genera
Beetles of Asia