Meloe laevis, the oil beetle, is a species of blister beetle in the family Meloidae. It is found in the Caribbean, Central America, and North America.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Meloidae |
| Genus: | Meloe |
| Species: | M. laevis
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| Binomial name | |
| Meloe laevis Leach, 1815
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References
edit- ^ "Meloe laevis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Meloe laevis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Meloe laevis species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
Further reading
edit- Pinto, John D.; Selander, Richard B. (1970). "The Bionomics of Blister Beetles of the Genus Meloe and a Classification of the New World Species". Illinois Biological Monographs. 42. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.50239. hdl:2142/25170. ISBN 978-0252000812.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26090-0.
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