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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Blister Beetles (Meloidae) » Meloinae » Eupomphini » Eupompha » Eupompha fissiceps

Species Eupompha fissiceps

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Cleft-headed Blister Beetle - Eupompha fissiceps Eupompha fissiceps LeConte - Eupompha fissiceps Eupompha fissiceps LeConte - Eupompha fissiceps Eupompha fissiceps LeConte - Eupompha fissiceps Eupompha fissiceps LeConte - Eupompha fissiceps Blister Beetle - Eupompha fissiceps Eupompha fissiceps - female Eupompha fissiceps
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 Eupompha
Species fissiceps (Eupompha fissiceps)
Explanation of Names
Eupompha fissiceps LeConte, 1858
Size
18-20 mm (1)
Identification
elytra can be coppery (or blue):

head can be dark:
Range
se. AZ to w. TX / nc. Mex. - Map (2)
Season
June-Sept (1)
Life Cycle
Said to like to visit flowering creosote bush. (E.G. Riley, pers. comm. to MAQ)
Remarks
Can be locally abundant but spotty and not seen every year. (E.G. Riley, pers. comm. to MAQ)
See Also
Eupompha wenzeli (Skinner)
- Range: AZ
Det. F. Werner, 1976
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
Texas Entomology - Mike Quinn, 2008
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.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by tom murray on 11 December, 2008 - 5:42pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 15 September, 2022 - 10:31am

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