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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Blister Beetles (Meloidae) » Nemognathinae » Nemognathini » Nemognatha » subgenus Nemognatha (Nemognatha subgenus Nemognatha) » Nemognatha piazata » Nemognatha piazata bicolor

Subspecies Nemognatha piazata bicolor

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Nemognatha (Nemognatha) piazata bicolor LeConte - Nemognatha piazata Lytta Blister Beetle - ID? - Nemognatha piazata Nemognatha piazata bicolor LeConte - Nemognatha piazata Nemognatha piazata bicolor LeConte - Nemognatha piazata Unknown Flower (?) Beetle on Thistle - Nemognatha piazata beetle: Nemognatha? - Nemognatha piazata - male - female beetle: Nemognatha? - Nemognatha piazata - male - female What kind of beetle is this? - Nemognatha piazata
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 Nemognathinae
Tribe Nemognathini
Genus Nemognatha
No Taxon (subgenus Nemognatha)
Species piazata (Nemognatha piazata)
Subspecies bicolor (Nemognatha piazata bicolor)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Nemognatha (Nemognatha) piazata bicolor LeConte
Orig. Comb: Nemognatha bicolor LeConte 1853
Size
8-13 mm (1)
Identification
galeae to apex of abdomen, elytra entirely pale to entirely black (2)
Range
Great Plains (NM-TX-MB-AB) (2)(3)
Print References
LeConte, J.L. 1853. Synopsis of the Meloides of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6: 328-350.
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. A revision of the genera Nemognatha, Zonitis, and Pseudozonitis (Coleoptera, Meloidae) in America north of Mexico, with....
Enns, W.R. 1956. University of Kansas Scientific Bulletin 37(17): 685-909.
3.Illustrated Beetle (Coleoptera) Inventory of the Sabal Palm Sanctuary (Cameron County, Texas)
Edward G. Riley & Michael A. Quinn. 2011. Texas A&M University, Dept. Entomology, College Station.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 11 June, 2015 - 10:34am
Last updated 23 May, 2018 - 5:55pm

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