Cerocoma

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Superfamilia: Tenebrionoidea

Familia: Meloidae
Subfamilia: Meloinae
Tribus: Cerocomini
Genus: Cerocoma
Subgenera: C. (Cerocoma) - C. (Metacerocoma)
Overview of species

Palearctic C. adamovichiana – C. albopilosa – C. azurea – C. barthelemyi – C. bernhaueri – C. bodemeyeri – C. dahli – C. ephesica – C. festiva – C. gloriosa – C. graeca – C. intermedia – C. kunzei – C. latreillei – C. macedonica – C. malatyensis – C. marginiventris – C. muehlfeldi – C. prevezaensis – C. prochaskana – C. rapillyi – C. schaefferi – C. schah – C. schreberi – C. scovitzi – C. simplicicornis – C. syriaca – C. taraudanti – C. turcica – C. vahli
Name

Cerocoma Geoffroy, 1762
Vernacular names
polski: Rogatnica
References

Turco, F.; Bologna, M.A. 2011: Systematic revision of the genus Cerocoma Geoffroy, 1762 (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Cerocomini). Zootaxa, 2853: 1–71.

Links

Atlas of Meloidae of Russia

Cerocoma is a Palearctic genus of blister beetle, whose biology is poorly known.[1] As in other members of the family, these insects are hypermetamorphic. Larval hosts of few species were described. Imagines show distinct sexual dimorphism in the feeding apparatus and the antennae. All species in this genus have aposematic colouration.

The antennae are 9-segmented, and the galea is modified into a sucking tube; imagines feed on pollen and nectar of Asteraceae and Apiaceae plants. The wings are well-developed, and the legs are long and slender.

Larvae of C. schreberi were found feeding on paralysed mantids collected by Tachytes wasps.[2]

The genus is mostly Mediterranean in distribution, and encompasses about 27 species.[3] Fauna Europaea lists 13 species[4] The taxonomic division into two subgenera, Cerocoma and Metacerocoma (Kaszab, 1951) was considered unfounded by some authors.[5] Based on morphological and molecular analysis, Turco and Bologna subdivided the genus into five subgenera: Cerocoma, Cerocomina, Mesocerocoma, Metacerocoma and Meloides.[6]
List of species

Subgenus Metacerocoma

Cerocoma ephesica Reitter, 1885
Cerocoma prevezaensis Dvorak, 1993
Cerocoma schreberi (Fabricius, 1781)

Subgenus Cerocoma

Cerocoma adamovichiana (Piller et Mitterpacher, 1783)
Cerocoma albopilosa Dvořák, 1993
Cerocoma barthelemii Baudi, 1878
Cerocoma dahli Kraatz, 1863
Cerocoma festiva Faldermann, 1837
Cerocoma gloriosa Mulsant, 1857
Cerocoma graeca Maran, 1944
Cerocoma kunzei E. Frivaldsky, 1835
Cerocoma latreillei Baudi, 1878
Cerocoma macedonica Maran, 1944
Cerocoma muehlfeldi Gyllenhal, 1817
Cerocoma schaefferi (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cerocoma scovitzi Faldermann, 1837
Cerocoma syriaca Abeille de Perrin, 1880
Cerocoma turcica Pardo Alcaide, 1977
Cerocoma vahli Fabricius, 1787

References

Federica Turco, Andrea Di Giulio & Marco A. Bologna (2003). "Sexual and cleaning behaviour and related morphology in the genus Cerocoma (Coleoptera: Meloidae)". Journal of Insect Behavior. 16 (2): 257–278. doi:10.1023/A:1023971919814. S2CID 39054630.
A. Cros (1919). "Biologie des Cerocoma". Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France. 14: 248–252.
Federica Turco , Marco A. Bologna (2007). "Revision of the genus Diaphorocera Heyden, 1863 (Coleoptera, Meloidae, Cerocomini)". Contributions to Zoology. 76 (2): 63–85. doi:10.1163/18759866-07602001. Archived from the original on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
"Cerocoma Geoffroy 1762". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved September 1, 2010.
Klucze do oznaczania owadów Polski : opracowanie zbiorowe. Cz. 19 z. 84, Majkowate - Meloidae. Warszawa-Wrocław : Państ. Wydaw. Naukowe, 1987 ISBN 83-01-07379-9
Systematic revision of the genus Cerocoma Geoffroy, 1762. Zootaxa, No. 2853. (29 April 2011), pp. 1-71