Cysteodemus is a genus of desert spider beetles in the family Meloidae. There are at least two described species in Cysteodemus.[1][2][3]
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| Cysteodemus armatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Meloidae |
| Subfamily: | Meloinae |
| Tribe: | Eupomphini |
| Genus: | Cysteodemus LeConte, 1851 |
Species edit
These two species belong to the genus Cysteodemus:
- Cysteodemus armatus LeConte, 1851 (inflated beetle)
- Cysteodemus wislizeni LeConte, 1851 (black bladder-bodied meloid)
References edit
- ^ "Cysteodemus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Cysteodemus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Cysteodemus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
Further reading edit
- Pinto, John D. (1984). "A taxonomic review of Cysteodemus LeConte, Phodaga LeConte and Pleuropasta Wellman (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eupomphina) with a new generic synonymy". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 86 (1): 127–143. ISSN 0013-8797.
- Pinto, J. D.; Bologna, M. A. (1999). "The New World genera of Meloidae (Coleoptera): a key and synopsis". Journal of Natural History. 33 (4): 569–620. Bibcode:1999JNatH..33..569P. doi:10.1080/002229399300254.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26090-0.
External links edit
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