Chinese name coriander Division
Latin name meloidae gyllenhal, 1810
Morphological description
Undergraduate main identifying feature is the soft, generally elongate; Head anxious recurved, there Zhaixia neck; pronotum base invertebrates; tarsus shaped; foot length; each tarsal claws with concave lobes, with teeth or spines. Most species of long-shaped, with a narrow pronotum and considerable; body 3-30mm long, usually 10-15mm; color changeable, black, gray, brown, tan, sometimes with sharp metal color; surface is usually fine The micro hair is sparse or absent, a few are densely hairy. Head under the port type, than pronotum large, acute constriction such as behind the neck, smooth surface with engraved points or wrinkles. Large compound eyes, about to leave. 11 antennal segment, curiosities 8-9 festival, usually filamentous or beaded, and sometimes male thicker middle section, between the students in the eye, palate above the base. Clypeus obvious; prominent upper lip. Palate bent, with dens, and sometimes blunt. Jaw to be four, lean, end abridged extensions. There are a large tongue protruding lower lip, chin trapezoidal lower lip to be three, thinner, distal generally expanding. Pronotum narrower base than elytra usually ends narrowest sides do not bulge and trim, smooth or rugose; side edge of the large; Prosternum short; nest before coxae large, convergence, the rear opening. The chest plate short, triangular; in coxae confluence. After the short or long chest plate. No obvious foot outside the base section; ago, the coxae prominent and connected; After coxae cross wide, nearly connected; great trochanter, triangle, and sometimes weaken the male; tibia obvious end distance; posterior tibial section is often not the same; tarsus 5-5-4 type; almost always narrow tarsal pad per section; each tarsal claws have leaves with teeth or spines, usually two rows of ventral denticles. Coleoptera full or shorter, Scarce living along the suture wing, and sometimes extreme separation; edge off small. After normal wings, Scarce disappeared or missing persons. There are six visible abdominal segment webs, seam integrity.
Biology Description
Undergraduate General parasitic larvae in the hive, or eating locust eggs, legumes and weed infestation adults. In case of shock often secreted from the leg section of yellow liquid, this liquid contains highly of cantharidin (cantharidin), can attack the skin, making it red, forming blisters, have an unpleasant smell of drama, ancient dried and ground to this pest, as Medicinal (foaming agents and diuretics). The main categories of medicinal eyespot coriander mylabris cichorii linnaeus and Mylabris Jing mylabris phalerata (pallas) two kinds of vulgar names such as cantharidin. Widely distributed adult eating peanut soybean leaves and quite strong. Japan Medical kinds of coriander epicauta gorhami marseul. Europe by Spain with green coriander lytta vesicatoria fischer-waldheim (ie spanish fly). According to the research of gross carob coriander epicauta hirticornis haag-rutenberg with cantharidin most.
Classification and Distribution
Undergraduate known more than 2300 kinds, most living in semi-arid regions, such as China's Xinjiang has 41 species, 16 species of Inner Mongolia. |