Oenas | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Meloidae |
Subfamily: | Meloinae |
Tribe: | Lyttini |
Genus: |
Oenas Latreille, 1802 |
Type species | |
Meloe afer Linnaeus, 1767 |
Oenas is a genus of blister beetle related to the well-known Lytta vesicatoria (a.k.a. "Spanish Fly"). The genus is Mediterranean in its distribution (from Morocco & Spain, east to Caucasus, Palestine & Iran).