Cissites maculata

Cissites maculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Meloidae
Genus:	Cissites
Species:	C. maculata
Binomial name
Cissites maculata (Swederus, 1787)

Cissites maculata is a species of blister beetle that lives in the Neotropical realm.

Ecology

On the Galápagos Islands, they are a brood parasite of Xylocopa darwini, the Galápagos carpenter bee.

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