''Pleuropasta'' 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 at least two described species in ''Pleuropasta''.
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Species
These two species belong to the genus ''Pleuropasta'':
* '' Pleuropasta mirabilis'' (Horn, 1870)
* '' Pleuropasta reticulata'' Van Dyke, 1947
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Meloidae
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