Nemognatha chrysomeloides

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Kingdom Animalia Family Meloidae Scientific name Nemognatha chrysomeloides Rank Species		Class Insecta Genus Nemognatha Phylum Arthropoda Order Beetle
Similar Beetle, Lytta, Meloe, Blister beetle

Nemognatha chrysomeloides is a species of oil beetle (Meloidae) from Central and South America.

Ecology

Nemognatha chrysomeloides is a parasite of Melitoma marginella and M. segmentaria from Mexico to Argentina. Both N. chrysomeloides and Melitoma are restricted to the same host plant – Ipomoea – and so the rate of parasitism may be comparatively high.

Taxonomy

Nemognatha chrysomeloides was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1763 work Centuria Insectorum, under the name Meloe chrysomeloides. It is a very variable species, and as such, many synonyms have since been published:

Cantharis chrysomeloides (Linnaeus, 1763): Thunberg, 1784

Lytta chrysomeloides (Linnaeus, 1763): Schoenherr, 1817

Nemognathus coeruleipennis Perty, 1830

Nemognatha versicolor Chevrolat, 1834

Nemognatha abdominalis Lucas in Laporte de Castelnau, 1859

Nemognatha bicolor Lucas in Laporte de Castelnau, 1859 (non LeConte, 1853; nec Walker, 1866)

Nematognatha lucasi Gemminger, 1870

Nemognatha atra Beauregard, 1890 (non Zonitis atrum Schwartz, 1808; nec Gnathium atrum Dugès, 1889)

Nemognatha coeruleipennis var. fulviventris Beauregard, 1890

Nemognatha pallidicollis Beauregard, 1890

Nemognatha violacea Beauregard, 1890

Nemognatha beauregardi Pic, 1910 (replacement name for N. atra Beauregard, 1890)

Zonitis chrysomeloides (Linnaeus, 1763): Denier, 1935

Zonitis beauregardi (Pic, 1910): Blackwelder, 1945

Nemognatha chrysomeloides ab. markli Kaszab, 1963

References

Nemognatha chrysomeloides Wikipedia

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