Meloe Linnaeus, 1758
(blister beetles, oil beetles)

Meloe (blister beetles, oil beetles) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Meloe (blister beetles, oil beetles) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Meloe brevicollis
an oil beetle
Species 1 references
Meloe proscarabaeus
Black Oil-beetle
Species 1 trophisms 1 references
Meloe violaceus
Violet Oil-beetle
Species 2 trophisms
[Meloe proscarabaeus/violaceus]
a species aggregate of beetles
Informal 2 subtaxa 3 trophisms 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusMeloe (blister beetles, oil beetles)
FamilyMELOIDAE (oil beetles)
SuperfamilyTENEBRIONOIDEA (narrow timber beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Meloe (blister beetles, oil beetles)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
in the field Buglife 2011 Join the hunt for amazing oil beetles
Ramsay, A. 2002 British oil beetles British Wildlife Vol 14, No 1: 27-30.
in the field () Walters, J. 2013 Join the hunt for amazing oil beetles

Triungulin Larvae

Walters, J. 2011 Oil Beetle triungulin larvae johnwalters.co.uk/research/oil-beetle-triungulin-larvae.php

Meloe (blister beetles, oil beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Mann, D.J. & Turner, C.R. 2003 Atrichopogon (Meloehelea) winnertzi Goetghebuer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) feeding on Meloe violaceus Marsham (Coleoptera: Meloidae) Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. 16: 7-9.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Meloe (blister beetles, oil beetles):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 57 images of Meloe (blister beetles, oil beetles)
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