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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 » Epicautini » Epicauta » subgenus Epicauta (Epicauta subgenus Epicauta) » Maculata Group (Epicauta Maculata Group) » Spotted Blister Beetle (Epicauta maculata)

Species Epicauta maculata - Spotted Blister Beetle

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Print References · Works Cited
Blister Beetle Epicauta species - Epicauta maculata Spotted Blister Beetle - Epicauta maculata Blister Beetle Epicauta sp - Epicauta maculata Epicauta, but nogales, maculata or what else? - Epicauta maculata epic - Epicauta maculata Epicauta - Epicauta maculata Epicauta - Epicauta maculata
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
Tribe Epicautini
Genus Epicauta
No Taxon (subgenus Epicauta)
No Taxon (Maculata Group)
Species maculata (Spotted Blister Beetle)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Orig. Comb: Lytta maculata Say 1824
Range
CA-TX-IL-OR (1)
Print References
Pinto, J.D. 1980. Behavior and taxonomy of the Epicauta maculata group (Coleoptera: Meloidae). Univ. Calif. Pub. Entomol. 89: 1-111.
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico ("The Leng Catalogue")
By Charles W. Leng. 1920.
Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 11 December, 2008 - 8:29pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 22 May, 2011 - 5:01pm

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