Meloe (Meloe) dominicanus Poinar 2009 (blister beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Meloidae

Full reference: G. O. Poinar. 2009. Meloe dominicanus n. sp. (Coleoptera: Meloidae) phoretic on the bee Proplebeia dominicana (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Domincan amber. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 111:145-150

Belongs to Meloe (Meloe) according to G. O. Poinar 2009

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Poinar S-1-14, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (Poinar coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Poinar coll)

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