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subgenus Macrobasis

Blister beetle? - Epicauta hirsutipubescens

Male, Epicauta subgenus Macrobasis? - Epicauta

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 Macrobasis

Explanation of Names

Macrobasis LeConte 1862

Numbers

~35 spp. in our area, >70 total(1)

Macrobasis spp. not yet in the guide

balli Werner 1945 · AZ · iNaturalist

flavocinerea (Blatchley 1910) · eNA to CO

linearis (LeConte 1858) · AZ‒TX; Mexico · Holotype

parkeri Werner 1944 · AZ‒NM‒CO

uniforma Werner 1944 · CO‒TX-AZ; Mexico · Holotype

valida (LeConte 1853) · NM‒LA‒NE

Range

restricted primarily to North America(1)

Works Cited

1.	The New World genera of Meloidae (Coleoptera): a key and synopsis Pinto J.D., Bologna M.A. 1999. J. Nat. Hist. 33: 569‒620.

Contributed by v belov on 2 January, 2010 - 11:28am
Additional contributions by Boris Bueche
Last updated 6 January, 2024 - 12:28pm

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