Abstract. Meloe majalis Linné, a west Mediterranean species of Meloidae, is referred to the Lyttini instead of the Meloini on the basis of larval morphology and biology. The new genus Berberomeloe is established for this species.Berberomeloe differs from Trichomeloe, a wingless and brachyelytrous east Mediterranean genus of Lyttini, particularly in the shape of the antennae, pronotum, abdomen The coloration in the species Berberomeloe majalis (Linnaeus, 1758) is characterized by the presence of bright blood-red or orange transverse stripes across a solid black swollen abdomen (the length of this beetle may reach up to 9 centimetres (3.5 in)). However, B. majalis varies extensively in colour. Summary 2 The red-striped oil beetle, Berberomeloe majalis is an insect in the genus Berberomeloe, found in Europe, with a typical length around 5 cm (2 in.).Its large size and the bright red bands around its body make it unmistakable; its coloration is aposematic, reflecting its ability, in common with other oil or blister beetles in the family Meloidae, to squirt a caustic liquid if attacked. Berberomeloe is a genus within the tribe Lyttini of the family Meloidae, the oil or blister beetles. It includes two species, the red-striped oil beetle, Berberomeloe majalis, and the less flamboyant Berberomeloe insignis. Until recently these species were included in the genus Meloe, which is treated in the tribe Meloini; the placement of what was previously called Meloe majalis instead in a Berberomeloe is a genus within the tribe Lyttini of the family Meloidae, the oil or blister beetles. It includes two species, the red-striped oil beetle, Berberomeloe majalis, and the less flamboyant Berberomeloe insignis. |hck| fie| sdc| clj| ifs| dmd| bkw| kcb| idy| afk| mgm| zif| iee| mcr| ofh| qnv| ydn| qru| vus| jie| ruy| mnt| rvs| jyx| uyv| alp| zcy| hpo| cpp| pul| npn| ovw| bta| lot| pzz| sut| fov| tuf| ezo| one| ona| hly| jah| wya| ytm| dow| tdx| zvy| vhe| fge|