Meloinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Meloidae. There are at least 330 described species in Meloinae.
Genera
- Cordylospasta <small>Horn, 1875</small>
- Cysteodemus <small>LeConte, 1851</small> (desert spider beetles)
- Epicauta <small>Dejean, 1834</small>
- Eupompha <small>LeConte, 1858</small>
- Linsleya <small>MacSwain, 1951</small>
- Lytta <small>Fabricius, 1775</small>
- Megetra <small>LeConte, 1859</small>
- Meloe <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> (oil beetles)
- Phodaga <small>LeConte, 1858</small>
- Pleuropasta <small>Wellman, 1909</small>
- Pyrota <small>Dejean, 1834</small>
- Spastonyx <small>Selander, 1954</small>
- Tegrodera <small>LeConte, 1851</small> (iron cross blister beetles)
References
- 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, 779âÂÂ1006.
- 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, 569âÂÂ620.
- Pinto, John D., and Marco A. Bologna (2002). "Family 111. Meloidae Gyllenhal 1810". American Beetles, vol. 2: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea, 522âÂÂ529.
Further reading
- 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 .
- Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.