Meloe proscarabaeus Linnaeus, 1758
(Black Oil-beetle)

Interactions where Meloe proscarabaeus is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
inter-segmental membrane inter-segmental membrane of adult has blood sucked by adult UK/Ireland Atrichopogon lucorum an oil-beetle midge Diptera: Ceratopogonidae Atrichopogon (Meloehelea) winnertzi Goetghebuer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) feeding on Meloe violaceus Marsham (Coleoptera: Meloidae), Mann, D.J. & Turner, C.R., 2003
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Ceratopogonidae/Atrichopogon lucorum/Atrichopogon lucoruman oil-beetle midgeadult Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood suckerUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Meloidae/Meloe proscarabaeus/Meloe proscarabaeusblack oil-beetleinter-segmental membraneadult adult sucks the blood of inter-segmental membrane of adult

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

Meloe proscarabaeus (Black Oil-beetle) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Meloe proscarabaeus (Black Oil-beetle) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMeloe proscarabaeus (Black Oil-beetle)
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 proscarabaeus (Black Oil-beetle)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Cooter, J. & Barclay M.V.L. (eds) 2006 A Coleopterist’s handbook The Amateur Entomolgist, 11, Fourth Edition edition, 439pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society

Meloe proscarabaeus (Black Oil-beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Meloe proscarabaeus (Black Oil-beetle):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 21 images of Meloe proscarabaeus (Black Oil-beetle)
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