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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Blister Beetles (Meloidae) » Nemognathinae » Nemognathini » Zonitis » Subgenus Parazonitis (Zonitis Subgenus Parazonitis) » Zonitis vittigera

Species Zonitis vittigera

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Meloidae - Zonitis vittigera Blister Beetle? - Zonitis vittigera Blister Beetle - Zonitis vittigera Beetle - Zonitis vittigera Zonitis vittigera (LeConte) - Zonitis vittigera Orange blister beetle - Zonitis vittigera Meloidae - Zonitis vittigera - Blister beetle? - Zonitis vittigera Meloidae - Zonitis vittigera - Blister beetle? - Zonitis vittigera
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 Nemognathinae
Tribe Nemognathini
Genus Zonitis
No Taxon (Subgenus Parazonitis)
Species vittigera (Zonitis vittigera)
Other Common Names
brown blister beetle
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Zonitis vittigera (LeConte)
Orig. Comb: Nemognatha vittigera LeConte 1853
Explanation of Names
vittigera (L). 'strip bearing' (1)
Size
7-12 mm(2)
Identification
light fulvous to dark ferruginous (3)
Range
e. US (w.TX-FL-ON-MN) (2)(3)(BG data)
Habitat
Found on flowers(2)
Season
mostly: May-Aug (BG data)
Print References
LeConte, J.L. 1853. Synopsis of the Meloides of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6: 328-350.
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
3.The Meloidae (Coleoptera) of Texas
Dillon, Lawrence S. 1952. American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 48, No. 2:330-420.
Contributed by v belov on 16 May, 2009 - 2:38pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Marci Hess
Last updated 14 November, 2019 - 12:30pm

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