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Berberomeloe
Berberomeloe is a genus within the tribe Lyttini of the family Meloidae, the oil or blister beetles. It includes two species, the red-striped oil beetle, Berberomeloe majalis, and the less flamboyant Berberomeloe insignis. Until recently these species were included in the genus Meloe, which is treated in the tribe Meloini; the placement of what was previously called Meloe majalis instead in a genus within the tribe Lyttini was proposed by Bologna (1988) and has commanded general...
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Red-striped Oil Beetle
speciesBerberomeloe majalis
Portuguese red-striped oil beetle
speciesBerberomeloe castuo
Berberomeloe payoyo
speciesBerberomeloe payoyo
Berberomeloe tenebrosus
speciesBerberomeloe tenebrosus
Berberomeloe insignis
speciesBerberomeloe insignis
Berberomeloe comunero
speciesBerberomeloe comunero
Berberomeloe maculifrons
speciesBerberomeloe maculifrons
Berberomeloe indalo
speciesBerberomeloe indalo
Berberomeloe yebli
speciesBerberomeloe yebli
Berberomeloe nazari
speciesBerberomeloe nazari
Berberomeloe laevigatus
speciesBerberomeloe laevigatus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 322714.