''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 worldwide. Many are conspicuous and some are aposematically colored, announcing their ...
in the family
Meloidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
[ The wing covers, which are mostly glabrous, are inflated to the point of almost covering part of the thorax. They are black, densely spotted with white. The elytra are fused along the middle, meaning that the beetle cannot fly.
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Meloidae
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Beetles described in 1851
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