False blister beetle

Thelyphassa apicata

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Oedemeridae

The family Oedemeridae is a cosmopolitan group of beetles commonly known as false blister beetles, though some recent authors have coined the name pollen-feeding beetles. There are some 100 genera and 1,500 species in the family, mostly associated with rotting wood as larvae, though adults are quite common on flowers. The family was erected by Pierre André Latreille in 1810.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 2

Sources and credits

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False blister beetle

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