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The Old World genera of Meloidae (Coleoptera): a key and synopsis

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LefuleseleN. Lebesa, ZeyaurR. Khan, Kerstin Krüger, TobyJ.A. Bruce, Ahmed Hassanali & JohnA. Pickett. (2012) Farmers’ knowledge and perceptions of blister beetles, Hycleus spp. (Coleoptera: Meloidae), as pest herbivores of Desmodium legumes in western Kenya. International Journal of Pest Management 58:2, pages 165-174.
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Marco A. Bologna. (2003) Australytta, a new blister beetle genus from Southern Africa (Coleoptera: Meloidae). Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.) 39:2, pages 139-152.
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HAI-YUN CHENG, QI GAO & ZHAO PAN. (2023) Mitochondrial genomes of three Mylabris (Pseudabris) species (Coleoptera: Meloidae, Mylabrini) and their phylogenetic implications. Zootaxa 5357:2, pages 186-204.
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Muhammed Arif Demir & Mahmut Kabalak. (2023) Blister Beetles (Coleoptera: Meloidae) of Ankara (Türkiye) in Terms of Ecological Properties and Zoogeographical Composition. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 149:2.
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ANDREY M. SHAPOVALOV & YURIY E. SKRYLNYK. (2023) The occurrence of the genus Calydus Reitter, 1896 (Coleoptera, Meloidae) in Afghanistan with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 5264:1, pages 129-136.
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Alessandra Riccieri, Emilia Capogna, John D. Pinto & Marco A. Bologna. (2023) Molecular phylogeny, systematics and biogeography of the subfamily Nemognathinae (Coleoptera, Meloidae). Invertebrate Systematics 37:2, pages 101-116.
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Marco A. Bologna & Alessandra Riccieri. (2023) Taxonomic and faunistic study of four almost unknown Brazilian Meloidae (Coleoptera). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 67:3.
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Muhammed Arif DEMİR & Mahmut KABALAK. (2023) Systematic Studies on the Male Genital Organs of some Blister Beetles (Coleoptera: Meloidae) of Ankara Province (Turkey). Hacettepe Journal of Biology and Chemistry 51:1, pages 13-36.
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María P. Campos-Soldini. (2022) Modeling Current and Future Distribution of Epicauta Dejean (Meloinae, Epicautini) under Changing Climate Conditions in America. Neotropical Entomology 51:3, pages 356-367.
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Estefany Karen López‐Estrada, Isabel Sanmartín, Juan Esteban Uribe, Samuel Abalde, Yolanda Jiménez‐Ruiz & Mario García‐París. (2022) Mitogenomics and hidden‐trait models reveal the role of phoresy and host shifts in the diversification of parasitoid blister beetles (Coleoptera: Meloidae). Molecular Ecology 31:8, pages 2453-2474.
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ZHAO PAN & MARCO A. BOLOGNA. (2021) Morphological revision of the Palaearctic species of the nominate subgenus Meloe Linnaeus, 1758 (Coleoptera, Meloidae), with description of ten new species. Zootaxa 5007:1, pages 1-74.
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Natalia Rosas-Ramos, Paula C. Rodríguez-Flores & Mario García-París. (2021) Proctodeal extrusion as a defensive behavioral response in blister beetles (Coleoptera: Meloidae). The Science of Nature 108:3.
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Xiumin Li, Juan Li & Zhao Pan. (2020) New species and new faunistic records of the family Meloidae Gyllenhal, 1810 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) from China, with a list of meloid species from Xinjiang. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 23:4, pages 1144-1150.
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Yang-Yang Liu, Zhi-Cheng Zhou & Xiang-Sheng Chen. (2020) Characterization of the Complete Mitochondrial Genome of Epicauta impressicornis (Coleoptera: Meloidae) and Its Phylogenetic Implications for the Infraorder Cucujiformia. Journal of Insect Science 20:2.
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José L. Ruiz, Alexandre François & Mario García-París. (2019) A new singular species of Croscherichia Pardo Alcaide, 1950 (Coleoptera, Meloidae, Mylabrini) from arid zones of eastern Morocco. ZooKeys 885, pages 27-50.
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Yves Bousquet, Patrice Bouchard & Marco A. Bologna. (2014) Case 3657 stenoderini Selander, 1991 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed emendation of spelling to stenoderaini to remove homonymy with stenoderini Pascoe, 1867 (Insecta, Coleoptera); and stenoderini Pascoe, 1867: proposed precedence over syllitini Thomson, 1864. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 71:3, pages 158-161.
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J. L. Ruiz, P. Bahillo, J. I. López-Colón, P. Bercedo, L. Arnáiz & M. García-París. (2014) Caracterización taxonómica, distribución y primeros registros europeos de <em>Apalus cinctus</em> (Pic, 1896) (Coleoptera, Meloidae). Graellsia 69:2, pages 201-216.
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