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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) » Dark Blister Beetle (Epicauta murina)
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Blister Beetle - Epicauta murina
Copyright © 2012 Richard Migneault

Blister Beetle - Epicauta murina
Edmundston, Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada
June 19, 2012
Size: 16,5mm
Which species?

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Contributed by Richard Migneault on 21 December, 2012 - 6:54am
Last updated 22 January, 2013 - 4:41pm

Moved
Moved from subgenus Macrobasis.
… Richard Migneault, 22 January, 2013 - 4:41pm login or register to post comments

Epicauta murina (LeConte)
Yes, this is Epicauta murina (LeConte). It's the only species in the subgenus Macrobasis found in New Brunswick (the other three species are in Epicauta (s. str.)). Epicauta (Macrobasis) fabricii (LeConte) has been recorded from Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia (but not N.B.), however, it has denser pubescence, and in females, antennomere 2 is equal in length to 3, whereas in this specimen (E. murina) antennomere 2 is distinctly longer than 3. This is by far and away the commonest species of Epicauta in the Maritime Provinces.
… Christopher Majka, 22 January, 2013 - 4:23pm login or register to post comments

we'll have to wait for Dr Pinto to return from his trip
most likely, female murina, but...

Moved from Epicauta.
… v belov, 21 December, 2012 - 7:58am login or register to post comments

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