Cissites maculata is a species of blister beetle that lives in the Neotropical realm.
Cissites maculata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Meloidae |
Genus: | Cissites |
Species: | C. maculata
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Binomial name | |
Cissites maculata |
Ecology
editOn the Galápagos Islands, they are a brood parasite of Xylocopa darwini, the Galápagos carpenter bee.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Cissites maculata (Swederus, 1787)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
- ^ "Galapagos Species Checklist". Charles Darwin Foundation. Retrieved 2022-12-11.