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Definition of Family Meloidae
1. Noun. Blister beetles.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Coleoptera, Order Coleoptera
Member holonyms: Blister Beetle, Meloid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Meloidae
Literary usage of Family Meloidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1915)
"Family MELOIDAE. Meloe americanus Leach. Rare. Have one specimen taken in May
and one taken in September. ..."
2. Biological Control of Insects and Mites: An Introduction to Beneficial by Daniel L. Mahr, Nino M. Ridgway (1993)
"... INCH Some members of the family Meloidae (blister beetles) feed on grasshopper
egg pods in the soil, but adult blister beetles are plant feeders and can ..."
3. Medical and Veterinary Entomology: A Textbook for Use in Schools and by William Brodbeck Herms (1915)
"... by the sharp-pointed hair in contact with the skin, thus producing the rash.
Blister Beetles. — Blister beetles belong to the family Meloidae ..."
4. Zoology of the Invertebrata: A Text-book for Students. by Arthur Everett Shipley (1893)
"Family MELOIDAE.—The head is bent forward, the legs are long, and the bodies are
elongated and soft. The beetles are frequently found on flowers. ..."
5. Insects Injurious to the Household and Annoying to Man by Glenn Washington Herrick (1914)
"The blister beetles of the family Meloidae possess poisonous qualities. The powdered
bodies of these beetles are used in medicine for producing blisters on ..."
6. Introduction to the Study of Zoölogy for Use in High Schools and Academies by N. A. Harvey (1901)
"... we go to— HH—Claws cleft or toothed; front of head vertical,— and at the end
of this line we find, in parenthesis, the name of the family, Meloidae ..."
7. Elements of Zoology by Charles Frederick Holder, Joseph Bassett Holder (1885)
"3 ; " Larval Habits of the Blister-Bee- tles, and Remarks on other Species of
the family Meloidae," CV Riley, "Transactions of St. Louis Academy," vol. iii, ..."
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