Oedemera

Oedemera
Oedemera atrata, male
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Oedemeridae
Tribe:	Oedemerini
Genus:	Oedemera Olivier, 1789
Subgenera
Oncomera Stephens, 1832 Stenaxis Schmidt, 1846 Oedemera s. str.
Synonyms
Aedemera Olivier, 1789 (missp.) Stenolytra Dillwyn, 1829 Oedemerina A.Costa, 1852 Oedemerastra Seidlitz, 1899 Oedemerella Seidlitz, 1899 Oedemeronia Seidlitz, 1899 Oncomerina Seidlitz, 1899 Oedemra Auctt. (missp.) Oncomerella Reitter, 1911

Oedemera is a genus of beetles of the family Oedemeridae, subfamily Oedemerinae.^[1]

Species in the genus Oedemera include slender, soft-bodied beetles of medium size, between 5 and 20 mm of length. Their colours may be bright and metallic (green, golden, copper), black and yellow and brown and black. The jaws are bifid at the apex, the last segment of maxillary palps is narrow and elongated, the antennae are long and threadlike. The elytra of most species are narrowed behind exposing part of the hind wings. The pronotum lacks lateral edges and is much narrower than elytra. The tibiae have two apical spines, in most species the hind femora of males are strongly dilated.

The species of the genus Oedemera feed on pollen and nectar and their body is covered with abundant pubescence on which pollen grains remain attached, thus contributing to pollination of the plants they frequent.

The species of the subgenus Oncomera fly at dusk and at night, visiting the flowers and inflorescences of aromatic shrubs and various plants (Clematis, Crataegus, Tilia, Quercus, etc.).

By contrast, the species of the subgenus Stenaxis and Oedemera s. str. are diurnal, flying in full sun in the middle of the day and visiting flowers of different families such as Asteraceae, Cistaceae, Apiaceae, etc..

This genus includes about eighty species, distributed from the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa to Kamchatka, Kuriles, Japan and Taiwan, with some species in North Eastern Region.

Subgenus Stenaxis

• O. (S.) amurensis
• O. (S.) annulata

Subgenus Oncomera

• O. (O.) femoralis
• O. (O.) flavicans
• O. (O.) marmorata
• O. (O.) murinipennis
• O. (O.) natolica
• O. (O.) reitteri

• 
  Oedemera flavipes
• 
  Oedemera atrata
• 
  Oedemera nobilis
• 
  Oedemera croceicollis
• 
  Oedemera femorata

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