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''Cysteodemus'' is a genus of desert spider beetles in the family
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 ...
. There are at least two described species in ''Cysteodemus''.


Species

These two species belong to the genus ''Cysteodemus'': * '' Cysteodemus armatus'' LeConte, 1851 (inflated beetle) * '' Cysteodemus wislizeni'' LeConte, 1851 (black bladder-bodied meloid)


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External links

* Meloidae Articles created by Qbugbot {{meloidae-stub