Meloe franciscanus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Meloidae
- Genus
- Meloe
- Species
- Meloe franciscanus
- Scientific Name
- Meloe franciscanus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Meloe franciscanus
Meloe franciscanus is a species of blister beetle in the family Meloidae. It is found in the deserts of the southwestern United States. The larvae are parasites of bee larvae, eating them and consuming their provisions.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Meloe abyssinicus
- Meloe americanus
- Meloe angusticollis
- Meloe auriculatus
- Meloe campanicollis
- Meloe carbonaceus
- Meloe coarctatus
- Meloe dianella
- Meloe dianellus
- Meloe dugesi
- Meloe formosensis
- Meloe franciscanus
- Meloe hottentotus
- Meloe impressus
- Meloe lobatus
- Meloe menoko
- Meloe monticola
- Meloe nebulosus
- Meloe niger
- Meloe occultus
- Meloe proscarabaeus
- Meloe rhodesianus
- Meloe strigulosus
- Meloe tropicus
- Meloe vandykei
- Meloe violaceus