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Species Lytta auriculata - Red-eared Blister Beetle

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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 Lytta
No Taxon (Subgenus Poreopasta)
No Taxon (Stygica Group)
Species auriculata (Red-eared Blister Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Lytta auriculata Horn 1870
auriculata = 'eared' (a reference to the distinctively colored temples)
Size
6.0-19.0 mm (1)
Identification

Det. M. A. Quinn, 2015
Range
sw US (so. CA to sc. NM) (1)(BG data)
Season
Feb—Jul (1)(BG data)
Print References
Horn, G.H. 1870. Contributions to the coleopterology of the United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 3: 69-97.
Internet References
MCZ
Works Cited
1.Bionomics, systematics and phylogeny of Lytta, a genus of blister beetles (Coleoptera: Meloidae).
Selander, R.B. 1960. Illinois Biological Monographs, No. 28, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL.
Contributed by Cotinis on 1 April, 2005 - 7:39am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Hartmut Wisch, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 26 April, 2017 - 1:16pm

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