''Megetra cancellata'' is a species 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 ...
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 ...
. It is found in Central America and North America.
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Subspecies
These two subspecies belong to the species ''Megetra cancellata'':
* ''Megetra cancellata cancellata''
* ''Megetra cancellata hoegei'' Duges, 1889
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Meloidae
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Beetles described in 1832
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