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Species Megetra vittata

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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
Tribe Eupomphini
Genus Megetra
Species vittata (Megetra vittata)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Megetra vittata (LeConte)
Orig. Comb: Cysteodemus vittatus LeConte, 1853
Identification
Dorsal surface of the elytra are finely, but irregularly reticulate, with punctures of varying size.
Elytra are abrubtly deflexed down the side, producing a well-defined edge, a character shared with M. cancellata, but not punctata.
Range
AZ-NM (plus a pair of historical records from w. TX) - Map (1)(2)
Northern AZ (including Verde Valley, Flagstaff, Kayenta, Canyon de Chelly); SW Colorado (Ignacio);
New Mexico (San Juan, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe counties, south to Socorro and Dona Ana counties).
Season
mostly: July-Sept (1)(2)
Print References
Selander, R.B. 1965. A taxonomic revision of the genus Megetra (Coleoptera: Meloidae) with ecological and behavioral notes. The Canadian Entomologist, 97(6): 561-580.
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
iNaturalist (1)
Works Cited
1.iNaturalist
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 10 September, 2008 - 3:12pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Aaron Schusteff
Last updated 2 June, 2023 - 10:28am

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