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Zonitis atripennis

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Zonitis atripennis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Meloidae
Genus: Zonitis
Species:
Z. atripennis
Binomial name
Zonitis atripennis
(Say, 1823)

Zonitis atripennis is a species of blister beetle in the family Meloidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3] Adults feed on plants from the genus Cleome, while larvae live in nests of various bee species.[4]

Subspecies

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These two subspecies belong to the species Zonitis atripennis:

  • Zonitis atripennis atripennis (Say, 1823)
  • Zonitis atripennis terminalis Enns, 1956

References

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  1. ^ "Zonitis atripennis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Zonitis atripennis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ^ Erickson, E. H.; Enns, W. R.; Werner, F. G. (1 September 1976). "Bionomics of the Bee-associated Meloidae (Coleoptera); Bee and Plant Hosts of Some Nearctic Meloid Beetles—a Synopsis1". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 69 (5): 959–970. doi:10.1093/aesa/69.5.959.

Further reading

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  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26090-0.