. An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the coleoptera or beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana : with bibliography and descriptions of new species . Beetles. ;}^352 FAMILY fjXlV.â Subfamily I. MELOINAE. Tlie members of our single genus of this subfamily are known as "oil bee- ; They^are large, clumsy black or bluish forms with short elytra, which do sj not cover the unwieldy abdomen. They have the tarsal claws cleft, the upper and lower parts equal, and the antenna of the males are curiously dilated near the middle. (Fig. 588.) Being wing-
. An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the coleoptera or beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana : with bibliography and descriptions of new species . Beetles. ;}^352 FAMILY fjXlV.â Subfamily I. MELOINAE. Tlie members of our single genus of this subfamily are known as "oil bee- ; They^are large, clumsy black or bluish forms with short elytra, which do sj not cover the unwieldy abdomen. They have the tarsal claws cleft, the upper and lower parts equal, and the antenna of the males are curiously dilated near the middle. (Fig. 588.) Being wing- Kg. 588 , male beetle; 2, larva; less, they are found on the ground or low ^^"^'' "â " "' â¢â¢â¢ herbage, and are more common in late autumn or spring. When disturbed they emit a disagreeable fluid from the joints. I. Meloe Linn. 1758. (Gr., "small ;) Three of the 14. species have been taken in the State and one other perhaps occurs. KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF MELOE. (I. Thorax not longer than wide. &. Color dull black; thorax with an impression on basal half of median line. 2509. impkessus. 6&. Color blue or bluish-black; thorax not impressed. c. Thorax rather densely punctate; elytra not roughly sculptured. NIGER. cc. Thorax coarsely and deeply, not densely, punctured; elytra coarse- ly sculptured; color more decidedly blue and more shining. 2510. AMERICANUS. aa. Thorax longer than wide, sparsely and irregularly punctate; color deep bluish-black ; elytra finely rugose. 2511. angusticolus. 2500 (8006). Meloe impresses Kirby, Faun. Bor. Amer., ISoT, 241. Dull black with a faint bluish tinge. Thorax about as wide as long, widest at apical third, thence feebly narrowed to base; disk coarsely and sparsely punctured and with an impression just behind the middle. Elytra rather densely and shallowly rugose. Length 11-14 mm. Vigo County; rare. May 12. i\I. niger Kirby, blue-black, feebly shining, length mm., is know
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