''Oedemera crassipes'' is a species of beetle belonging to the family

Oedemeridae The family Oedemeridae is a cosmopolitan group of beetles commonly known as false blister beetles, though some recent authors have coined the name pollen-feeding beetles. There are some 100 genera and 1,500 species in the family, mostly associate ...

subfamily

Oedemerinae Oedemerinae are a subfamily of the false blister beetles (family Oedemeridae), also known as pollen-feeding beetles. The Nacerdinae are sometimes merged here. The phylogeny of this family is not robustly deduced in detail. While traditionally ...

Distribution

These beetles are present in southern

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...

North Africa North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in ...

and in the

Near East The ''Near East''; he, המזרח הקרוב; arc, ܕܢܚܐ ܩܪܒ; fa, خاور نزدیک, Xāvar-e nazdik; tr, Yakın Doğu is a geographical term which roughly encompasses a transcontinental region in Western Asia, that was once the hist ...

Description

''Oedemera crassipes'' can reach a length of about . These beetles have parallel (non-dehiscent)

elytra An elytron (; ; , ) is a modified, hardened forewing of beetles (Coleoptera), though a few of the true bugs (Hemiptera) such as the family Schizopteridae are extremely similar; in true bugs, the forewings are called hemelytra (sometimes alterna ...

that fully cover the abdomen without leaving the hind wings visible. The basic body color is gray-green. Males have slightly enlarged hind femora, but they are scarcely distinguishable from females. The apex of the last sternite is not rounded and the shape of pygidium is much more longer than last sternite. Kafer Europas - Oedemera
/ref> This species is very similar to '' Oedemera virescens'' and ''

Oedemera lurida ''Oedemera lurida'' is a species of beetle belonging to the family Oedemeridae subfamily Oedemerinae. Description ''Oedemera lurida'' has a length of about . The body of these insects is metallic pale-green, gray-green or brownish. Males of this ...

''. They are quite difficult to distinguish one from the other, as the separation relies on subtle characters. These beetles, probably the most primitive of the genus, usually need to be dissected and to examine the

genital A sex organ (or reproductive organ) is any part of an animal or plant that is involved in sexual reproduction. The reproductive organs together constitute the reproductive system. In animals, the testis in the male, and the ovary in the female, a ...

s under the microscope.Natura Mediterraneo
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Galerie-insecte
Oedemeridae Beetles of Africa Beetles of Asia Beetles of Europe Beetles described in 1881 {{Tenebrionoidea-stub