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''Megetra'' is a genus of
blister beetle Blister beetles are beetles of the family Meloidae, so called for their defensive secretion of a blistering agent, cantharidin. About 7,500 species are known worldwide. Many are conspicuous and some are aposematically colored, announcing their ...
s in the family
Meloidae Blister beetles are beetles of the family Meloidae, so called for their defensive secretion of a blistering agent, cantharidin. About 7,500 species are known worldwide. Many are conspicuous and some are aposematically colored, announcing their ...
. There are at least three described species in ''Megetra''.


Species

These three species belong to the genus ''Megetra'': * '' Megetra cancellata'' (Brandt & Erichson, 1832) * '' Megetra punctata'' Selander, 1965 * '' Megetra vittata'' (LeConte, 1853)


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Further reading

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