''Chrysanthia'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family
Oedemeridae
The family Oedemeridae is a cosmopolitan group of beetles commonly known as false blister beetles, though some recent authors have coined the name pollen-feeding beetles. There are some 100 genera and 1,500 species in the family, mostly associate ...
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[ subfamily Nacerdinae.]Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
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Species
At least the following eight species are recognized:[
* '' Chrysanthia cyprica'' Pic, 1920
* '' Chrysanthia flavipes'' Reitter, 1889
* '' Chrysanthia geniculata'' (W. Schmidt, 1846)
* '' Chrysanthia hamata'' Vázquez, 1989
* '' Chrysanthia reitteri'' Seidlitz, 1899
* '' Chrysanthia superba'' Reitter, 1872
* '' Chrysanthia varipes'' Kiesenwetter, 1861
* '']Chrysanthia viridissima
''Chrysanthia viridissima'' is a species of beetles belonging to the family Oedemeridae subfamily Nacerdinae.
Subspecies
Subspecies include:
*''Cantharis viridissima'' var. ''cuprina'' Pic
Distribution and habitat
These quite common beetles a ...
'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
The BioLib.cz recognizes several more species[
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References
Further reading
* Vazquez, X. A. 1989. El genero ''Chrysanthia'' Schmidt en la Peninsula Iberica (Col., Oedemeridae) - Elytron, 3: 125–136
* Vazquez, X. A. 2002. European Fauna of Oedemeridae - Argania editio, Barcelona, 179 pp.
Oedemeridae
Tenebrionoidea genera
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