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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Blister Beetles (Meloidae) » Meloinae » Epicautini » Epicauta » subgenus Macrobasis (Epicauta subgenus Macrobasis)

subgenus Macrobasis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
unidentified beetle - Epicauta albida Epicauta blister beetle (?) on yucca flower - Epicauta gissleri Epicauta - Epicauta murina Dark brown beetle - Epicauta subglabra Epicauta Beetle - Epicauta immaculata Magnificent! - Epicauta albida Epicauta arizonica Werner - Epicauta arizonica
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
Explanation of Names
Macrobasis LeConte 1862
Numbers
~35 spp. in our area, >70 total(1)
Macrobasis spp. not yet in the guide
balli Werner 1945 · AZ · iNaturalist
flavocinerea (Blatchley 1910) · eNA to CO
linearis (LeConte 1858) · AZ‒TX; Mexico · Holotype
parkeri Werner 1944 · AZ‒NM‒CO
uniforma Werner 1944 · CO‒TX-AZ; Mexico · Holotype
valida (LeConte 1853) · NM‒LA‒NE
Range
restricted primarily to North America(1)
Works Cited
1.The New World genera of Meloidae (Coleoptera): a key and synopsis
Pinto J.D., Bologna M.A. 1999. J. Nat. Hist. 33: 569‒620.
Contributed by v belov on 2 January, 2010 - 11:28am
Additional contributions by Boris Bueche
Last updated 6 January, 2024 - 12:28pm

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