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Species Epicauta maculata - Spotted 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
Tribe Epicautini
Genus Epicauta
No Taxon (subgenus Epicauta)
No Taxon (Maculata Group)
Species maculata (Spotted Blister Beetle)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Epicauta maculata (Say)
Orig. Comb: Lytta maculata Say 1824
Size
9-13 mm (1)
Range
w. US to Miss. R. (CA-TX-IL-OR) / Mex. to C. Amer. - Map (2)(1)(3)
Season
mostly May-Aug (3)
Print References
Pinto, J.D. 1980. Behavior and taxonomy of the Epicauta maculata group (Coleoptera: Meloidae). Univ. Calif. Pub. Entomol. 89: 1-111. (Google Books preview)
Works Cited
1.The Meloidae (Coleoptera) of Texas
Dillon, Lawrence S. 1952. American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 48, No. 2:330-420.
2.Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico ("The Leng Catalogue")
Charles W. Leng. 1920. John D. Sherman, Jr., Mount Vernon, NY. x + 470 pp.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 11 December, 2008 - 8:29pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Aaron Schusteff, v belov
Last updated 5 October, 2021 - 2:00pm

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