Blister beetle
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| phylum | Arthropoda | 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 toxicity to would-be predators.
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| Class | Insecta | |
| order | Coleoptera | |
| family | Meloidae |
Synhoria maxillosa
| phylum | Arthropoda | The Red Blister Beetle (**Synhoria maxillosa**) is a species of beetle in the family **Meloidae**. It is native to **Southeast Asia**, including **Sumatra** and **Thailand**, and is notable for the extremely enlarged mandibles in males. Its larvae are known as triungulins and develop in bee nests, feeding on pollen and nectar stored there.
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| Class | Insecta | |
| order | Coleoptera | |
| family | Meloidae | |
| subfamily | Horiinae | |
| genus | Synhoria | |
| species | S. maxillosa |
