| Stenoria | |
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| Stenoria analis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Meloidae |
| Subfamily: | Nemognathinae |
| Tribe: | Sitarini |
| Genus: | Stenoria Mulsant, 1857 |
| Type species | |
| Sitaris apicalis Latreille, 1804 | |
Stenoria is a genus of blister beetles from the family Meloidae. Their larvae develop as parasitoids and brood parasites of the larvae of solitary bees of the families Megachilidae, Colletidae and Andrenidae. The genus contains more than 50 species They are found in the Palearctic from the Canary Islands east to Afghanistan, Tibet and north western China, and also in southern and eastern Africa.
Species
The following species are among those included in the genus Stenoria:
- Stenoria analis Schaum, 1859 (ivy bee blister beetle)
- Sentoria apicalis (Latreille, 1804)
- Stenoria hessei Kaszab, 1953
- Sentoria laterimaculata (Reitter, 1898)
- Sentoria thakkola Shawaller, 1996
References
- ^ M. A. Bologna; J. D. Pinto (2002). "The Old World genera of Meloidae (Coleoptera): a key and synopsis". Journal of Natural History. 36 (17): 2013–2102. Bibcode:2002JNatH..36.2013B. doi:10.1080/00222930110062318. S2CID 84015341.
- "Taxonomy for Stenoria". insectoid.info. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
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