''Cysteodemus'' is a genus of desert spider beetles 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 two described species in ''Cysteodemus''.
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Species
These two species belong to the genus ''Cysteodemus'':
* ''Cysteodemus armatus
''Cysteodemus armatus'', the inflated blister beetle, 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 ...
'' LeConte, 1851 (inflated beetle)
* ''Cysteodemus wislizeni
''Cysteodemus wislizeni'', the black bladder-bodied meloid, 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 ...
'' LeConte, 1851 (black bladder-bodied meloid)
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