Meloinae
{{Short description|Subfamily of beetles}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Meloinae
| image = 366 - Blister Beetle - Lytta aenea, Julie Metz Wetlands, Woodbridge, Virginia.jpg
| image_caption = Lytta aenea
| taxon = Meloinae
| authority = Gyllenhal, 1810
}}
Meloinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Meloidae. There are at least 330 described species in Meloinae.{{cite web|url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/362120|title=Meloinae Subfamily Information|website=BugGuide.net|publisher=Iowa State University|accessdate=2018-01-26}}{{cite web|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=678752|title=Meloinae Report|website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System|accessdate=2018-01-26}}
Genera
- Cordylospasta Horn, 1875
- Cysteodemus LeConte, 1851 (desert spider beetles)
- Epicauta Dejean, 1834
- Eupompha LeConte, 1858
- Linsleya MacSwain, 1951
- Lytta Fabricius, 1775
- Megetra LeConte, 1859
- Meloe Linnaeus, 1758 (oil beetles)
- Phodaga LeConte, 1858
- Pleuropasta Wellman, 1909
- Pyrota Dejean, 1834
- Spastonyx Selander, 1954
- Tegrodera LeConte, 1851 (iron cross blister beetles)
References
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- Lawrence, J. F., and A. F. Newton Jr. / Pakaluk, James, and Stanislaw Adam Slipinski, eds. (1995). "Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names)". Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson, vol. 2, 779–1006.
- Pinto, J. D., and M. A. Bologna (1999). "The New World genera of Meloidae (Coleoptera): a key and synopsis". Journal of Natural History, vol. 33, no. 4, 569–620.
- Pinto, John D., and Marco A. Bologna (2002). "Family 111. Meloidae Gyllenhal 1810". American Beetles, vol. 2: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea, 522–529.
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Further reading
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- Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida {{ISBN|978-0-8493-0954-0}}.
- {{Cite book| author = Ross H. Arnett| date = 30 July 2000| title = American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico| publisher = CRC Press| isbn = 978-0-8493-0212-1}}
- Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Category:Polyphaga subfamilies
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