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Species Pyrota perversa

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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
Genus Pyrota
No Taxon (Mylabrina Group)
Species perversa (Pyrota perversa)
Explanation of Names
Pyrota perversa Dillon 1952
Size
11-22 mm (1)
Identification
Metatibial spurs robust, slightly obliquely truncate, concave, the inner one oval...

ALLOTYPE hind leg

final couplet in Selander (1982): Head oval, at least as wide across eyes as at tempora, which are very broadly rounded; head coarsely punctate, with a black mark on at least occiput; elytron with median fascia similar in size to basal and apical ones.(1)
Range
se. NE to s. TX (1)
Season
Aug-Oct (1)
Food
utilizes plants of a variety of genera of Asteraceae(1)
Remarks
Type Locality: College Station, Brazos Co., Texas

TAMUIC Unit Tray (2)
Print References
Dillon, L.S. 1952. The Meloidae (Coleoptera) of Texas. American Midland Naturalist, 48(2): 330-420. (3)
Works Cited
1.A revision of the genus Pyrota. I. The Mylabrina Group (Coleoptera: Meloidae)
Selander R.B. 1982. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 55: 665-717.
2.Texas A&M University Insect Collection (TAMUIC)
3.The Meloidae (Coleoptera) of Texas
Dillon, Lawrence S. 1952. American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 48, No. 2:330-420.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 15 August, 2015 - 10:52am
Last updated 22 January, 2019 - 6:12pm

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