Species Lytta sayi

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Is this a Blister Beetle species and what about the 'hitchhiker' that's attatched to it's elytra? - Lytta sayi

Is this a Blister Beetle species? - Lytta sayi

Beetle i.d. please Lytta sayi?? - Lytta sayi

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 sayi (Lytta sayi)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Lytta sayi LeConte, 1853

Pomphopoea sayi

Size

13-19 mm

Identification

Bright metallic green and shining, antennae black, legs brownish orange and black (1).

Range

Includes northeastern United States, into Canada--noted from Quebec.

Print References

Dillon, p. 298, plate XXX #11--Pomphopoea sayi (1)

Internet References

Insects of Quebec

Canadian Biodiversity

ITIS

Works Cited

1.	A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America By Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence

Contributed by Cotinis on 13 March, 2006 - 7:16pm
Additional contributions by Ted Kropiewnicki
Last updated 26 June, 2011 - 11:15am

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