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Stenoria analis

Stenoria analis

Classification

Class
Insecta
Family
Meloidae

Stenoria analis, the ivy bee blister beetle, is a species of blister beetle from the family Meloidae which is found in western Europe and North Africa and is a specialist cleptoparasite of the ivy bee (Colletes hederae) larvae. Its occurrence in regions outside of the known range of the ivy bee, for example in North Africa, suggest that it has other hosts. Description Stenoria analis is a small beetle which is coloured black and buff.

Distribution

Martien van den Heuvel · CC BY
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Germany · 239France · 101Netherlands · 55Switzerland · 27Belgium · 8Luxembourg · 4Spain · 3Italy · 1