Nemognatha chrysomeloides is a species of oil beetle (Meloidae) endemic to Central and South America.
| Nemognatha chrysomeloides | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Meloidae |
| Genus: | Nemognatha |
| Species: | N. chrysomeloides
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| Binomial name | |
| Nemognatha chrysomeloides | |
Ecology
editNemognatha chrysomeloides is a parasite of Melitoma marginella and M. segmentaria from Mexico to Argentina. Both N. chrysomeloides and Melitoma are restricted to the same host plant – Ipomoea – and so the rate of parasitism may be comparatively high.[1]
Taxonomy
editNemognatha chrysomeloides was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1763 work Centuria Insectorum, under the name Meloe chrysomeloides. It is a very variable species, and as such, many synonyms have since been published:[2]
- Cantharis chrysomeloides (Linnaeus, 1763): Thunberg, 1784
- Lytta chrysomeloides (Linnaeus, 1763): Schoenherr, 1817
- Nemognathus coeruleipennis Perty, 1830
- Nemognatha versicolor Chevrolat, 1834
- Nemognatha abdominalis Lucas in Laporte de Castelnau, 1859
- Nemognatha bicolor Lucas in Laporte de Castelnau, 1859 (non LeConte, 1853; nec Walker, 1866)
- Nematognatha lucasi Gemminger, 1870
- Nemognatha atra Beauregard, 1890 (non Zonitis atrum Schwartz, 1808; nec Gnathium atrum Dugès, 1889)
- Nemognatha coeruleipennis var. fulviventris Beauregard, 1890
- Nemognatha pallidicollis Beauregard, 1890
- Nemognatha violacea Beauregard, 1890
- Nemognatha beauregardi Pic, 1910 (replacement name for N. atra Beauregard, 1890)
- Zonitis chrysomeloides (Linnaeus, 1763): Denier, 1935
- Zonitis beauregardi (Pic, 1910): Blackwelder, 1945
- Nemognatha chrysomeloides ab. markli Kaszab, 1963
References
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- ^ E. G. Linsley, J. W. MacSwain & C. D. Michener (1980). Nesting Biology and Associated of Melitoma (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae). University of California Publications in Entomology, Volume 90. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-09618-5.
- ^ M. García-París, D. Buckley & G. Parra-Olea (2007). "Catálogo taxonómico-geográfico de los coleópteros de la familia Meloidae de México" (PDF). Graellsia. 63 (2): 165–258. doi:10.3989/graellsia.2007.v63.i2.92. hdl:10261/23551.