Numerous insect groups (Orthoptera, Homoptera, Tenebrionidae, Meloidae, Curculionidae, and Scarabaeidae) are well adapted to the arid desert steppe.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gobi Lakes Valley desert steppe] Reference

This is a Blister Beetle in the family Meloidae, but we have not had any luck identifying the species on BugGuide.    From Wordnik.com.  [What's That Bug?] Reference

This trait is shared with many other Blister Beetles in the family Meloidae, including the notorious European Spanish Fly.    From Wordnik.com.  [What's That Bug?] Reference

Blister-beetles (Meloidae) as first described by J.H. Fabre (1857), and later with more elaboration by H. Beaurégard (1890).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life-Story of Insects] Reference

Orthoptera, Homoptera, Tenebrionidae, Meloidae, Curculionidae, Scarabaeidae) that are well adapted to the arid desert steppe are closely associated with plants such as Caragana spp. and Artemisia spp. that dominate the basin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Great Lakes Basin desert steppe] Reference

(1869) showed the occurrence of hypermetamorphosis somewhat like that already described as occurring among the Oil-beetles (Meloidae).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life-Story of Insects] Reference

Meloidae, 56.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life-Story of Insects] Reference

Homoptera, Tenebrionidae, Meloidae, Chrysomelidae, Curculionidae, and Scarabaeidae insects are also occur in this area.    From Wordnik.com.  [Altai montane forest and forest steppe] Reference