Species Epicauta murina - Dark Blister Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Works Cited

Possible Ashgray Blister Beetle - Epicauta murina

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Tenebrionoidea

Family Meloidae (Blister Beetles)

Subfamily Meloinae

Tribe Epicautini

Genus Epicauta

No Taxon (subgenus Macrobasis)

Species murina (Dark Blister Beetle)

Explanation of Names

Epicauta murina (LeConte 1853)

Identification

E. murina vs E. fabricii:

Male: antennomere 2 almost as long as 3-5, ~⅔ as long as 1 // clearly shorter, ~½ as long as 1

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Female: antennomere 2 almost as long as 3+4 // 2nd slightly longer than 3

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E. subglabra has proportions of murina, but very indistinct pubescence (appears black); female E. torsa has segments even shorter than fabricii.

Range

ne NA to the Rockies - Map (1)

Works Cited

1.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by George Waldren on 23 January, 2009 - 12:46pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Boris Bueche, v belov
Last updated 22 March, 2024 - 10:58am

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