''Linsleya'' is a 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 ...

s 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 about five described species in ''Linsleya''.

Species

These five species belong to the genus ''Linsleya'': * '' Linsleya californica'' Selander, 1955 * '' Linsleya compressicornis'' (Horn, 1870) * '' Linsleya convexa'' (LeConte, 1853) * '' Linsleya sphaericollis'' (Say, 1824) (ash blister beetle) * '' Linsleya suavissima'' (Wellman, 1910)

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