Oedemera podagrariae

Oedemera podagrariae, common name False Blister Beetles, is a quite common species of beetles belonging to the family Oedemeridae subfamily Oedemerinae.

Oedemera podagrariae
Oedemera podagrariae - female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Oedemeridae
Genus:
Oedemera
Species:
O. podagrariae
Binomial name
Oedemera podagrariae
(Linnaeus, 1767)

Description

The adults grow up to 7–12 millimetres (0.28–0.47 in) long and can mostly be encountered from April through August feeding on pollen and nectar. The head is black. Thorax is black in the male and yellow in the female. Elytra are yellow, ochre-coloured or light brown, sometimes with darker sides. Legs are entirely or at least partially yellow. The male of Oedemera podagrariae, as in most Oedemera species, possesses the hind femora very swollen, whereas in female the femora are thin.

  • Male
  • Female

Distribution

These beetles are present in most of Europe and in the Near East.

Subspecies and Varietas
  • Oedemera podagrariae podagrariae (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Oedemera podagrariae var. femoralis Seidl.
  • Oedemera podagrariae var. flavicrus Saidl.
  • Oedemera podagrariae var. obscura Ganglbauer
  • Oedemera podagrariae var. schmidti Gemminger
  • Oedemera podagrariae var. sericans Mulsant

References
  • Svihla, V. - 1999 - Revision of the subgenera Stenaxis and Oedemera s. str. of the genus Oedemera -Folia Heyrovskyana, supplementum 4: 1-117
  • Vazquez, X. A. - 2002 - European Fauna of Oedemeridae - Argania editio, Barcelona, 179 pp.
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