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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 Epicauta (Epicauta subgenus Epicauta) » Caviceps Group (Epicauta Caviceps Group) » Epicauta stuarti

Species Epicauta stuarti

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
This fancy Meloidae, - Epicauta stuarti beetle - Epicauta stuarti Possible Soldier Beetle - Epicauta stuarti Epicauta stuarti LeConte - Epicauta stuarti Epicauta stuarti LeConte - Epicauta stuarti Epicauta stuarti Epicauta stuarti Blister Beetle_Epicauta stuarti? - Epicauta stuarti
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 Epicauta)
No Taxon (Caviceps Group)
Species stuarti (Epicauta stuarti)
Explanation of Names
Epicauta stuarti LeConte 1868
Size
8-13 mm (1)
Range
c. US (NM-OK-KS-WY) - Map (1)(2)
Habitat
southern high plains (2)
Season
most records from Sept. (2)
Life Cycle
on flowering broom snakeweed - Gutierrezia sarothrae (Asteraceae) (BG data)
Remarks
Type Locality: New Mexico
Print References
Dillon, L.S. 1952. The Meloidae (Coleoptera) of Texas. American Midland Naturalist 48(2): 330-420. (1)
LeConte, J.L. 1868. New Coleoptera collected on the survey for the extension of the Union Pacific railway, E.D. from Kansas to Fort Craig, New Mexico. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 2: 49-64.
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.The Meloidae (Coleoptera) of Texas
Dillon, Lawrence S. 1952. American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 48, No. 2:330-420.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by v belov on 29 September, 2013 - 7:44pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 10 October, 2021 - 10:37pm

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