Stenoria
Genus of beetles
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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.[1] The genus contains more than 50 species[2] 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.[1]
| Stenoria | |
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| Stenoria analis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Meloidae |
| Subfamily: | Nemognathinae |
| Tribe: | Sitarini |
| Genus: | Stenoria Mulsant, 1857 |
| Type species | |
| Sitaris apicalis Latreille, 1804 | |
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