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Species Epicauta corvina

L. sauvissima? - Epicauta corvina L. sauvissima? - Epicauta corvina
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)
Species corvina (Epicauta corvina)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Epicauta corvina (LeConte)
Orig. Comb: Lytta corvina LeConte 1858
Explanation of Names
corvina (L). 'crow like' (1)
Size
20-27 mm (2)
Range
sc US (e.AZ-TX-NE-CO) / Mex. - Map (2)(3)
Print References
LeConte J.L. 1858. Catalogue of Coleoptera of the regions adjacent to the boundary line between the United States and Mexico. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Series 2) 4: 9-42.
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.The Meloidae (Coleoptera) of Texas
Dillon, Lawrence S. 1952. American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 48, No. 2:330-420.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)