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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Blister Beetles (Meloidae) » Meloinae » Epicautini » Epicauta » images deemed unIDable by Dr. Pinto (Epicauta images deemed unIDable by Dr. Pinto)
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Gray Blister Beetle (species unknown) - Epicauta
Copyright © 2009 David Reagan

Gray Blister Beetle (species unknown) - Epicauta
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
September 1, 2008
Size: roughly 1 inch

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Contributed by David Reagan on 22 February, 2009 - 11:40pm
Last updated 26 March, 2014 - 6:47pm

Moved
Moved from Epicauta.
… v belov, 11 April, 2009 - 1:45pm login or register to post comments

Epicauta
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… v belov, 23 February, 2009 - 8:21am login or register to post comments

 
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i wonder whether the bare basal elytral area laterad of the scutellum is diagnostic
… v belov, 16 March, 2009 - 1:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Agreed.
You really cannot ID most species of Epicauta without dissecting the male genitalia. Molecular DNA work is also likely to uncover even more species, as yet undescribed.
… Eric R. Eaton, 23 February, 2009 - 10:28am login or register to post comments

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