Berberomeloe | |
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The red-striped oil beetle, Berberomeloe majalis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | Polyphaga |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Family: | Meloidae |
Tribe: | Lyttini |
Genus: | Berberomeloe M. A. Bologna, 1989 |
Species | |
Berberomeloe castuo |
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.