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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles (Tenebrionoidea) » Blister Beetles (Meloidae) » Meloinae » Lytta » Red-eared Blister Beetle (Lytta auriculata)

Species Lytta auriculata - Red-eared Blister Beetle

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Season · Internet References · Works Cited
Lytta auriculata - female Red-eared Blister Beetle (Lytta auriculata) - Lytta auriculata Red-eared Blister Beetle - Lytta auriculata Red-eared Blister Beetle in California - Lytta auriculata Lytta auriculata Red-eared blister beetle - Lytta auriculata Red-eared blister beetle - Lytta auriculata Beetles - Lytta auriculata - male - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea (Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles)
Family Meloidae (Blister Beetles)
Subfamily Meloinae
Genus Lytta
Species auriculata (Red-eared Blister Beetle)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Author: Horn, 1870
Explanation of Names
AURICULATA: from the Latin "auricula", diminutive of "auris" (ear) - a reference to the back of the head, due to its distinctive color in this species
Numbers
69 N. Amer. spp. (1)
Size
6.0-19.0 mm (1)
Range
CA-NM, UT (BG data)
Season
Feb-Jun (BG data)
Internet References
url=http://insects.oeb.harvard.edu/MCZ/FMPro?-DB=Image.fm&-Lay=web&-Format=images.htm&Species_ID=8170&-Find]Type[/url] - MCZC, Harvard
Photo of specimen with description at SBMNH.
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Beetles of California
By Arthur V. Evans and James N. Hogue
Contributed by Cotinis on 1 April, 2005 - 7:39am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Hartmut Wisch, Mike Quinn
Last updated 14 May, 2012 - 10:57am

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