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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) » Lytta » Lytta aenea

Species Lytta aenea

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Lytta aenea Bronzed blister beetle - Lytta aenea Beetle - Lytta aenea need id - Lytta aenea need id - Lytta aenea need id - Lytta aenea Bronzed Blister Beetle - Lytta aenea Lytta aenea
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)
Genus Lytta
Species aenea (Lytta aenea)
Other Common Names
"Bronzed Blister Beetle" would be a good common name, based on the Latin.
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pomphopaea aenea
Explanation of Names
Specific name aenea must refer to coloration--aeneus, -a, -um, is a Latin adjective meaning of bronze, according to this site.
Size
10-16 mm
Identification
Dull, metallic green, antennae piceous, legs mostly bright yellow (1).
Range
Includes eastern United States, noted from North Carolina, Kansas.
Season
March-June (North Carolina)
Print References
Dillon, p. 298, plate XXX #13--Pomphopoea aenea (1)
Salsbury, p. 216--photo from Kansas (2)
Marshall, photos 327.9, 328.1 (3)
Brimley, Insects of North Carolina, lists for that state as Pomphopaea aenea, widespread, March-June (4).
Internet References
North Carolina State University Entomology Collection lists for that state, with 50 pinned in collection.
Works Cited
1.A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America
By Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence
2.Insects in Kansas
By Glenn A. Salsbury and Stephan C. White
3.Insects: Their Natural History And Diversity: With a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America
By Stephen A. Marshall
4.Insects of North Carolina
By C.S. Brimley
Contributed by Cotinis on 13 March, 2006 - 8:15pm
Last updated 5 October, 2008 - 8:12am

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